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Triumph against cancer: I was given 25 days but here I am

Ruth Wanjiku, 21 years. [Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard]

Sometime in 2014, I noticed a small pimple below my knee. I was 17 years then and thought it was just one of those that show up during my period. It didn’t bother me much since I knew it would disappear.

Whenever I was in the shower, I would notice that the pimple was growing bigger, but still, this didn’t arouse my curiosity. To me, it was just a stubborn pimple that took longer than usual to disappear.

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