First-time buyer thought rash on her chest was caused by stress of moving house - only to discover she had life-threatening cancer

By JOSHUA HAINING, NEWS REPORTER Published: 17:43, 30 May 2026 | Updated: 17:44, 30 May 2026 A first-time buyer thought her chest rash was caused by the stress of moving house - only to discover she had a life-threatening cancer. Faith Hinitt, from Retford, Nottinghamshire, said she experienced an itchy red rash on her chest, initially blaming it on receiving a job promotion at work and moving to a new home in June 2023. The 27-year-old also dismissed symptoms including extreme fatigue, hip pain and night sweats on changing contraception and the stressful move. But after she failed to respond to treatment for a gum infection, the dentist requested the holiday park assistant manager take a blood test in October 2023. The appointment helped save her life.  After visiting A&E two days later on October 7, Faith was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.  In the hopes of entering remission, she is waiting to have her second stem cell transplant in June and has since undergone several rounds of chemotherapy. Since her diagnosis, Ms Hinitt has shared her journey with acute myeloid leukaemia to more than 30,000 Instagram followers. Faith Hinitt initially dismissed symptoms including extreme fatigue, hip pain and night sweats on changing contraception and the stress of moving house The 27-year-old from Retford, Nottinghamshire, thought the itchy red rash on her chest was caused by stress In the hopes of entering remission, she is waiting to have her second stem cell transplant in June  '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,' she told the Mirror. '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.' Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer of the white blood cells. It is a rare type of cancer, with around 3,100 people diagnosed each year in the UK.  AML symptoms develop in weeks and become worse over time. It is not known what causes AML and, in most cases, there's no identifiable cause. Chemotherapy is the main form of treatment and it is needed as soon as AML is diagnosed. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.