I forgot I had cancer after being in a coma - I was heartbroken when doctors diagnosed me for a second time
I forgot I had cancer after being in a coma - I was heartbroken when doctors diagnosed me for a second time
Share:
A young woman has revealed how she forgot she had cancer after waking up from a coma - and shares the agony of being told of her diagnosis for a second time. Kirah Line, 23, from Cambridge, was just 21 when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), a type of blood cancer, in July 2022.
![[Kirah said her life 'changed overnight' when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia at just 21 years old]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93829087-14255803-image-a-32_1736263890117.jpg)
She was treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust. After undergoing four gruelling rounds of chemotherapy between July and December 2022, Kirah was put into an induced coma for three weeks after contracting sepsis.
![[Kirah didn't realise she'd missed Christmas after being in a coma for three weeks]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93829089-14255803-image-m-36_1736263999193.jpg)
When she woke up, Kirah was so confused that she didn't realise she'd missed Christmas - and had completely forgotten about her cancer diagnosis. Speaking to FEMAIL, Kirah described the shattering difficulty of coming to terms with the devastating illness for a second time.
![[Kirah is now studying for a degree in social work at Anglia Ruskin University after being forced to quit her job when she was diagnosed]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93830477-14255803-image-a-37_1736264095770.jpg)
She said: 'I remember them asking me what day it was. And I said with a massive attitude, "obviously it's nearly Christmas". But it was actually way past Christmas. 'Initially when I first woke up I was just really medicated, so it felt like I'd just woken up. But as time passed I kind of deteriorated and became really delirious. Things started coming back to me and I realised I'd been there for quite a while.
![[Kirah was treated on the Teenage Cancer Trust wards and was relieved to be surrounded by people her own age. Kirah (right) is pictured with her sister]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93830469-14255803-image-a-38_1736264130995.jpg)
Kirah Line, now 23, completely forgot she had cancer when she woke up from a coma in January 2023 - and had to be told of her illness for a second time. Kirah said her life 'changed overnight' when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia at just 21 years old.
![[Kirah had to learn to walk, eat and stand again after waking up from her coma. Pictured with her friend Cerys]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/15/93830475-14255803-image-a-39_1736264170535.jpg)
