Moved in a new house in early December 2009 I moved into the back bedroom and looked at the ceiling which i could clearly see had colllapsed in two different places and been repaired prior to our moving in. I decided i would have to scrub the whole ceiling as the paint job was very poor, the artex seemed a yellowish colour like a smokers ceiling, I used a small platform as i am a Bricklayer and had the platform so i put it to a hieght of about three feet from ceiling i then scrubed it by hand lying directly beneath it it at scrubbed hard until the ceiling seemed clean, i then painted the ceiling was not as good as i would of liked it but it looked better. Iput in knew carpets and new bed and began sleeping there.I seemed to feel ill immediatly but i thought it was just me not the room but by febuary i felt so ill and the pea sized lumps popped out on my neck, which turned out to be lymph nods i also began swelling up and was admitted to hospital where i was diagnosed  whith Non-Hodgkins Follicular lymphoma, severe allergic reactions which led to Anaphalactic shock emergency treatment around the same time as well as a severe Rheumatoid Arthritis i was diagnosed with lymphoma on 26th March 2010 i am wondering now could the artex asbestos have anything to do with it or am i way off base with this. any help in knowing would be appreciated thank you