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Ange's Ultimate Challenge - The Bob Graham

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  Chapter 2 She Believed She Could and She Did A Right Royal Bob Graham Round This tale has taken 3 years to tell! A tale of patience, determination and some suffering! Iv always had a love for the fells which started with a days hike being one or two summits! Iv certainly come on a long way since then, having completed my ultimate challenge ‘The Bob Graham Round’. This wasn’t achieved easily, which I guess makes it even more special. Having suffered from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and received Chemotherapy and Rituximab treatment between 2011-2013, I have been left with a deficient immune system (a side effect of Rituximab treatment, which can affect the chest and/or urinary system). For the last two winters I have fought prolonged chest infections and a severe cough, which took the strongest of antibiotics to clear up. Dr Sharma, my Haematology Specialist noticed a low immunoglobulin result in my bloods and referred me for monthly immunoglobulin transfusions, wh...