'I started having regular headaches - doctors told me I only have a few years to live'

'I started having regular headaches - doctors told me I only have a few years to live'

A woman whose headaches and fatigue turned out to be a rare type of blood cancer has urged people to give blood. Lucy Church, 50, was diagnosed with myelofibrosis - a life-limiting condition that affects just one to two people in every 100,000 each year in the UK - after experiencing headaches and fatigue.

The customer service sales executive from Bristol was told she may only have three to five years to live - and that her only potential cure is a stem cell transplant. But stem cell or bone marrow transplants are complex treatments that carry a significant risk of serious complications.

So despite finding a perfect donor match from the register, Lucy says she can't undergo the transplant until her co