"I began to get more confident with the help of my family and friends.   I had my pectus surgery on the 12th September 2024."

"I set out to prove statistics wrong with my conditions and spent my younger years training daily as a competitive swimmer."

"I had pectus excavatum from a very young age. In my case, this was caused by Marfan Syndrome."

" At a young age Hugo suffered with breathlessness; walking the short distance home from nursery he would crouch down to catch his breath."

"At 15, I was diagnosed with Pectus Excavatum, just after Covid. I was confused and scared as I knew barely anything about the condition at the time."