my name is zoe mumba, i'm 27 years old.one a lot to stay alive this long and i'm not going to risk anything to jeopardise that. i've lost a lot of independence. obviously, getting cancer at such a young age is quite difficult, but, additionally, losing the independence of being able to go out and see people, being able to see my family and friends, that's been quite hard. unfortunately, having muscular dystrophy, you do lose muscle mass. and i have lost quite a significant amount of muscle mass, where i am unable to exercise the way i would normally exercise in my wheelchair or going out. so i have lost a lot of movement in my right arm, which was actually my good arm. i have learned to accept that i can't go out. when this all started, i thought it would be a long time. i started shielding before the official shielding, because i could see what was coming. there have been some positives. me and my boyfriend have probably never been closer. we always had a good relationship and now it's even stronger. things like i'm learni