{"id":7374,"date":"2015-11-10T19:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T19:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=7374"},"modified":"2015-11-10T19:03:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T19:03:34","slug":"young-cancer-patient-given-top-motocross-prize-cardiff-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/11\/10\/young-cancer-patient-given-top-motocross-prize-cardiff-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Young cancer patient given top motocross prize in Cardiff hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A PATIENT\u00a0being treated for a rare type of cancer at a Cardiff hospital has received a top sports award after becoming too ill to make the ceremony.<br \/>\nTanisha Thomas, 21, was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma weeks after her victory at the Scott Amateur National Motocross Championship.<br \/>\nThe competition was a series of nine races, which took place\u00a0across the UK and Ireland. Tanisha\u2019s victory saw her become the first Welsh woman to win the event.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7377\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/motox-cancer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7377\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/motox-cancer.jpg\" alt=\"Tanisha at her winner's ceremony at the Heath Hospital\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7377\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/motox-cancer.jpg\" alt=\"Tanisha at her winner's ceremony at the Heath Hospital\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Tanisha Thomas at her winner&#8217;s ceremony at the Heath Hospital<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nShortly after the competition Tanisha began to experience pain in her spine and began to lose feeling in her legs. Doctors at University Hospital of Wales operated to remove a tumour from her spine that has since left her wheelchair-bound.<br \/>\nSince the operation, Tanisha has started a six-month course of chemotherapy, which left her too weak to attend her ceremony.<br \/>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t suspect anything,\u201d said Tanisha of the illness, \u201cI was gutted when I couldn\u2019t make the ceremony.\u201d<br \/>\nMotocross event organisers worked closely with Tanisha\u2019s family to organise a victory ceremony at the Heath hospital ward where she was cheered on by hospital staff.<br \/>\nHer father Carl Thomas, said: \u201cShe\u2019s been fighting for this award through the pain. She deserves this.\u201d<br \/>\nAround 1,900 people in the UK are diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma every year.<br \/>\nLiam Herbert, a therapeutic radiotherapist who trained in Cardiff said of the disease: &#8220;It&#8217;s a type of cancer which usually affects the lymph nodes.<br \/>\nThe most common sign of the disease is a swelling of gland similar to an infection. Around one in five cases affects young people.&#8221;<br \/>\nA campaign has been set up by to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/xa6zja94\">fund her trips<\/a> from Cardigan, a two-hour drive from the Heath hospital,\u00a0and\u00a0pay for her overnight stays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PATIENT\u00a0being treated for a rare type of cancer at a Cardiff hospital has received a top sports award after becoming too ill to make the ceremony. Tanisha Thomas, 21, was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma weeks after her victory at the Scott Amateur National Motocross Championship. The competition was a series of nine races, which took place\u00a0across the UK and Ireland. Tanisha\u2019s victory saw her become the first Welsh woman to win the event. 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