York mum dies 18 days after leukaemia diagnosis

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 06:01 · Archive

Lucy Timms, a 40-year-old mother of two from York, died on 16 October, 18 days after being diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

Lucy Timms, a 40-year-old mother of two from York, died on Friday 16 October after complications following her first round of chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. She had been diagnosed with the cancer on a Tuesday and was admitted to hospital the following Wednesday.

Before her diagnosis, Timms had been feeling unwell for some time and underwent tests at her doctor's surgery, but results were inconclusive. According to her friend Sam Risker, doctors were initially optimistic about her treatment options and had even explored the possibility of stem cell treatment using cells from her siblings as a backup plan if chemotherapy proved less effective.

Her first round of chemotherapy appeared to go well, but Timms subsequently suffered complications that proved fatal. Her friends Sam Risker, Helen Stanier and Jess Rowley, who had known her for five years, described her as an 'amazing friend' and 'just the loveliest human'. They have set up a fundraiser to support her widower Matthew and their two children, Joshua and Amelia.

How it is being reported

• 'She’ll live on in us' - tributes to York mum who died 18 days after cancer diagnosisTributes have been paid to a York mum who lost her life less than three weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 26 Oct, 05:00
• 'She’ll live on in us' - tributes to York mum who died 18 days after cancer diagnosisTributes have been paid to a York mum who lost her life less than three weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.York Press · 26 Oct, 05:00

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