Tessa James is a former Home and Away actor. She finished up with the Aussie show and moved to America to land bigger acting roles. Only a few weeks of being in America she discovered a lump near her collarbone, turn out it was Lymphoma caner. Tessa's dad had also been diagnosed with the similar cancer and was undergoing treatment at the same time. For the full story go onto https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/#page1.