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Vivienne Aitken & Tanveer Mann

Severely ill patient, 36, was planning funeral before miracle drug transformed her life

A severely ill patient has told how she was at the point of planning her funeral before she was given a miracle drug and given a new lease of life.

Gillian Docherty, 36, from Glasgow, had battled cystic fibrosis all her life, but four years ago, her lung function dropped to 38 per cent.

She became concerned when she couldn't do simple things like climb stairs, and it was at this point that she began to get her affairs in order, Daily Record reports.

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