Faith Hinitt, from Retford, Nottinghamshire, assumed the stress of moving home was getting to her - but the reality was far worse than she imagined - and changed her lifeYasmin Wakefield09:16, 30 May 2026A first-time buyer blamed the rashes on her chest on the 'stress of moving house' - only to discover it was cancer.‌Faith Hinitt says she started experiencing an itchy, red rash on her chest around the same time she became a homeowner in June 2023.‌The 27-year-old blamed it on the stress of moving into her first home and starting a new job at work. Faith says she had also been experiencing extreme fatigue, night sweats and hip pain, but put these symptoms down to the stress of moving and changing her contraception.‌The holiday park assistant manager brushed off the symptoms until a dentist requested she have a blood test in October 2023 when she failed to respond to treatment for a gum infection.After attending A&E two days later [October 7th], Faith received the 'devastating' diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive type of blood cancer.‌Faith has since undergone chemotherapy treatment and is waiting to have her second stem cell transplant in the hope that she will then enter remission.She is urging other people who notice something wrong with their bodies to go and get it checked out.‌Faith, from Retford, Nottinghamshire, said: "In May 2023 I started feeling really, really tired and exhausted. At the time I'd just had a job promotion, and I was buying a house - they're two really big life changes happening at once."Buying a house on your own is obviously very, very stressful so I was blaming my tiredness on that. I also had a couple of rashes come up during that summer, which I put down to the stress of buying my first home."I was having night sweats, but I'd swapped my contraception so I thought it was because I'd come off the contraception. I blamed it on my hormones, like a normal 25-year-old would. You don't think these are all symptoms of blood cancer."‌Faith says she brushed off the symptoms until she was prompted to go for a blood test by her dentist, as she wasn't responding as expected to the treatment for a gum infection.Faith said: "It was my dentist that told me to go to the doctors. The week in the lead up to my diagnosis, I had bleeding gums and a really bad gum infection.‌"I went to the emergency dentist and they gave me antibiotics, but they weren't working. When I went back [to the dentist] they said my body wasn't responding to the treatment like normal."They said they'd usually see a massive difference and I needed to go to the doctor and get a blood test. I went to A&E two days later and I got told I had leukaemia."‌Faith says the dentist appointment helped save her life after she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia on October 7th 2023.Faith said: "I still think we were just in shock, we just couldn't believe it. You just don't expect to be told news like that when you're a fit, young, healthy 25-year-old and you've just bought your first house."To receive news like that is devastating but if I'm honest I don't think it really hit me until around six months later, because I was so poorly.‌"My dentist really helped in saving my life - her pushing me to go to the doctor."Since then, Faith has undergone several rounds of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant in September 2024.‌She is now waiting to have her second stem cell transplant at the start of June, which she hopes will put her into remission.Faith said: "I'm nervous because a stem cell transplant is a really hard treatment, but I'm excited.‌"I've had people on social media message and say they've had a stem cell transplant and that they're in remission by 10 years."Over the past few years I've questioned if there's ever going to be a treatment that works, and thought 'am I forever going to be in this cycle?'."I'm really feeling hopeful - that's what I've got to have the mindset of, of hope.‌"This [stem cell transplant] is my best hope of being put into remission."Now Faith is urging other people who experience similar symptoms to go to their doctor.Faith said: "Even if you think a little thing is nothing, go and get it checked out.‌"I feel like we all do know our bodies but we ignore things. If anything, I would say listen to your body."Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (Info from NHSLeukaemia is cancer of the white blood cells. The NHS website explains that acute leukaemia means it progresses quickly and aggressively, and usually requires immediate treatment.According to the NHS, symptoms usually develop over a few weeks and become worse over time. These include tiredness, breathlessness, frequent infections and unusual and frequent bruising or bleeding.Article continues belowThe NHS website says that chemotherapy is the main treatment, however in some cases a bone marrow or stem cell transplant may also be required.