Teenager Jake Bailey's inspirational account of overcoming cancer.
Teenager Jake Bailey grabbed headlines around the world when he
delivered a rousing speech from a wheelchair at his school's end of
year prize giving in 2015. At the time Jake was the Head Boy at
Christchurch Boys' High School, and had just one week earlier been
diagnosed with the fastest growing form of cancer, Burkitt's
non-Hodgkins lymphoma,. He was given two weeks to live if the
cancer was left untreated, and was hospitalised for three months
while undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment.
A video of the speech Jake made to his fellow students was viewed
by millions and attracted media attention globally. His now famous
quote - 'Here's the thing, none of us get out of life alive, so be
gallant, be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the
opportunities you have' - was voted Massey University's 2015 New
Zealand Quote of the Year.
Now in remission, Jake is based on the Gold Coast in Australia from
where he travels to deliver inspirational speeches that draw on his
experience of cancer and all that it has taught him. He is an
ambassador for the Maia Health Foundation in New Zealand and the
Tour de Cure in Australia.
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