At 13, doctors told me my cancer was incurable. Then I beat it

Alyssa was told her leukaemia was incurable (Picture: GOSH)‘Please don’t give up on me, I’m not ready to die yet.’I remember looking my doctor in the eyes and saying this to her. I was 13 and in the throes of my cancer treatment.In May 2021, I was diagnosed with leukaemia and it was the worst day of my life. I didn’t think it could get worse, and then they told me it was incurable.It felt as if the world had abandoned all hope. My family, however, had not – an