Ballet at 80: How one cancer patient found strength, confidence and joy through dance

Ballet at 80: How one cancer patient found strength, confidence and joy through dance

What began as part of a hospital fitness programme at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn (QEH) has now transformed into a passionate pursuit for the octogenarian that has revitalised her in ways she never expected. Vicky Mitchell (left) and Jenny Baker (right) Jenny, who lives in Watlington near King’s Lynn, was diagnosed with Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia (WM) in 2020, a slow-growing blood cancer that affects plasma cells. But rather t…