When John Underwood had late-stage cancer diagnosed at 25, he and his girlfriend won acclaim for their frank and witty blogs.
Three years on and Mr Underwood has shocked the couple’s fans by breaking up with Ella Risbridger, his fiancée, because he plans to become a Catholic priest.
Mr Underwood amazed doctors by surviving his lymphoma but remains in hospital after getting a rare fungal brain infection in 2016 while his immune system was weakened by a bone marrow transplant. Mr Underwood, who raised more than £100,000 for the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity, has spent more than a year in hospitals and rehabilitation units as he works to recover his mobility and speech.
It had given him time to ponder the meaning of life,