“MY TRANSPLANT TURNED ME INTO A GOLD MEDALLIST”
Melissa Fehr has surviv ed a r are disorder to win six gold medals at the W orld Transplant Games and set up her o wn business
WORDS: LISA JACKSON
Iwas in the best shape of my life and had recently become engaged, when my whole world fell apart,” says Melissa Fehr, 37, from London. “I’d been diagnosed with a bone-marrow disorder at the age of five but, after undergoing a very risky and experimental treatment with an 80 per cent mortality rate in Pennsylvania, where I’m originally from, I thought I was cured for life.
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