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Larkhall mum welcomes funding for new lifesaving leukaemia treatment

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A mum-of-three, who has spent years living with the ongoing impact of lifesaving leukaemia treatment, is welcoming funding into new research which could uncover better therapies for people affected by this type of blood cancer.In August 2017, Peppie Scobbie, now 53, from Larkhall, was struggling with fatigue, had a persistent chest infection, a painful finger infection and was left severely bruised after relatively minor incidents.

These are all common warning signs of leukaemia.Peppie saw her GP and, after a series of blood tests, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), a particularly aggressive form of the disease.

She immediately started chemotherapy, but contracted sepsis and pneumonia and spent three weeks in intensive care in an induced coma.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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