When Maariya Khan was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 21, her goal was to walk down the aisle independently on her wedding day. As part of her treatment, she needed radiotherapy followed by an operation to remove two muscles from her right thigh, which left her with minimal movement. "My life was on pause, everything just kind of stopped," said the now 24-year-old, from Greater Manchester. "Being so young, you can't imagine going through a diagnosis like that." Maariya was diagnosed with alveolar sarcoma, which is a rare type of soft tissue cancer, and was treated at The Christie hospital in Manchester "[The diagnosis] had a really negative impact on my life," she said. "Just having to adjust your life moving forwards, with the hospital appointments, the treatment plans, the surgery, everything." She worked very closely with occupational therapist Debra Jones who helped her to regain her independence after treatment.…