There's a Panda in my Bellybutton

Symptoms to look out for in cancer. Ryan has been ill since September 2014 with recurring sore throats and temperatures, indicative of tonsillitis. He was diagnosed with the Epstein Barr Virus which causes Glandular Fever in March 2015 and missed almost 3 months of school. His health did not improve over the next year and from February 2016 he deteriorated significantly. He lost 10kgs in weight and developed:  Appetite loss Severe Fatigue Painful joints, Sore throats Intermittent fevers (which lasts 4 days on average) Night sweats Dizzy spells Mouth ulcers Pallor Dysphagia His CRP reading was 31 in May 2016. An average CRP should be below 5. However Ryan reached 331 when he suffered from Sepsis, but that is a different story for another blog post. This sucked both health and timing-wise as it was right at the critical point of him choosing his year 9 options in school for the subjects he was going to begin studying for his GCSEs. Although Ryan was absent from school, we were still a