Mom looks for a donor after a cancer without warning "explodes in his world like a bombshell"

A three year old mother was thrown into a fight for life or death with cancer as a result of a diagnosis without warning.

After feeling exhausted after starting a new chef job, Sharon McCloskey went to the hospital to receive a blood transfusion for an ammenia.

Barely two days later, at the age of 43, he was diagnosed with leukemia.

Not only would she need chemotherapy treatment, but Sharon had to undergo a rare stem cell transplant to prevent the return of cancer, reported Belfast Live.

"It was amazing. One moment, life was beautiful and busy, filled with my sons and husband, work and our normal family life, "said the Belfast woman.

"Then the doctor told me that he was 99.9% certain that I had leukemia.

"It was only two days in between, I did not have the time to prepare for anything, nor the time to get used to this idea. the hospital thinking that all I needed was a blood transfusion for anemia, four weeks of chemotherapy.

"To be honest, I think I'm still in shock. Like everyone else, there's absolutely no reason for me not to contract cancer, but I'm pretty outraged that I'm sneaking around like that.

"I am angry and frustrated and I just want to get better and come back to some kind of normalcy."

Despite exhausting chemotherapy, the procedure had detrimental consequences for Sharon.

She added, "I thought I had survived the chemo pretty well. I have never felt so bad in my life. I had not even been to the hospital before, except when my baby was born. Here, I fought for life.

"My first stay was four weeks of chemotherapy, my last eight weeks and I was not able to visit my children because of the risk of infection.I was allowed to go home for a day. to get the plan in good order and the immediate return. " to continue the struggle to live.

"I am now told that my type of cancer is more likely to come back. So my best chance of getting rid of them and seeing my sons grow up is to have a stem cell transplant. "

Due to the rarity of her illness, Sharon is unlikely to find a partner.

She said, "My husband Alan and I are sort of become specialists overnight in this horrible disease. But it seems that every time we take two steps forward, we come to a setback and it's exhausting.

"When we were told that I would need a stem cell transplant, I thought it would be pretty simple. I would like to have my blood done and get a match.

"But the one simple thing about stem cell transplants is the way the donor is tested, and then the stem cell donation. It's the match that makes the case.

"So now, I'm sitting here, finally at home for a while at home, waiting for my sons to come home from school and knowing that I'm relying on absolute strangers to make sure I can continue in this way.

"My sons are 10, 7 and 3 years old. I want to see them when they are 11, 8 and 4 years old. I want to see them grow up, find someone to love, be happy, build their lives.

"And I need a stranger for this to happen to us."

After Sharon's brothers turned out not to be a match, the tests began to check if his friends and family were fit.

It remains to be seen if they turn out to be a match.

"I need an angel, a stranger, someone whom I have never met, never talked to, or maybe I have seen pbading on a bus, in a shop or even at the airport, "she said.

"I just need someone to save my life for my boys, for my husband, for me.

"Anthony Nolan Trust is about to help us when we ask people to be tested for a potential donation.

"I can not deny being really worried. But I'm up for that. I'm up for the fight and I will never give up. "

When she was diagnosed for the first time, Sharon and her husband, Alan, announced the news to their boys, Joshua, 10, Matthew, Caleb, aged seven and three.

When the chemo started, her hair started to fall.

In order to keep things clear for her children, Sharon let her family shave their heads, which caused a big laughing event.

She said: "It was the hardest thing to do. I had to make them understand that having no hair was not serious.

"I had to try to make it funny for them, a crazy thing to do, a stupidity to do and we laughed.

"But inside, I was in trouble. Losing my hair was one of the hardest to recognize that I had cancer and I needed chemotherapy." .

"But we did it. The hair fell to the ground, we laughed and laughed and we swept and binned them. I do not know what other mothers do with their children when they face the terror of an illness that threatens their lives.

"All I could do was make sure my boys were not scared."

To learn more about Anthony Nolan and how to become a stem cell donor, click here.