The leukaemia survivor building a storytelling network for people affected by cancer

Fabian Bolin co-founded War On Cancer after documenting his own treatment for leukaemia. He speaks to Hazel Sheffield about his mission to radically improve the mental health of everyone affected by the disease

Fabian Bolin (left) and Sebastian Hermelin are the co-founders of War On Cancer

When Fabian Bolin started feeling unusually tired in the summer of 2015, he initially put it down to his crazy schedule.

It had been 18 months since he left his career in investment banking to start afresh in acting. He had not taken a single day off in that time, instead racking up credits in Made In Chelsea and an online science fiction show called Kosmos. His exhaustion came at the same time as a summer visit to his hometown of Stockholm, so he powered through until the trip, ignoring the fact that he was sweating uncontrollably and feeling sore.

But when he got home and started struggling to breathe, he knew he had to get to hospital. The following day, after a series of tests, the Swedish doctors told him he had leukaemia.