 Ryan with girlfriend Jess, who supported him through his sickness ( Jam Press/Ryan Lloyd) Ryan started chemotherapy in June 2019 on the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham, where girlfriend Jess and his parents took it in turns to keep him company. Ryan, from Birmingham, said: 'I instantly thought the worst but I was happy in a way because I finally knew why I felt so ill - there was actually a reason. "My girlfriend Jess accepted it really quickly too. We both had suspicions that it was going to be cancer, but we didn't let on to each other. In a way that prepared us. "Knowing the first sign came from an innocent few drinks was really strange. I had not reacted like that [to beer] before so now I have been through everything, it all makes sense. "Doctors and nurses were exceptional in explaining it all, and said to me that I had been diagnosed with a cancer that was very much treatable with the aim of curing me so I did feel better about it then. Ryan masked during his second round of chemotherapy ( Jam Press/Ryan Lloyd) Ryan und){kind=link}
Ryan Lloyd, 26, was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin lymphoma after he found he struggled to handle a few beers and lost two stones in weight in a short amount of time
A young man who found he was unable to handle his beer and lost two stones in weight was shocked when he was diagnosed with blood cancer.
Ryan Lloyd, 26, had enjoyed three pints at a festive market in late 2018 but woke up in the night violently unwell.
Assuming he had picked up a bug from the beer glasses he thought nothing of it but over the next two months his health declined further, suffering night sweats and losing weight.
Blood tests found his white cell count was high and he was later diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin lymphoma in his bone marrow, hips, spine, neck and spleen.