The father of a teenage Diss High School student, who is battling cancer, has thanked the community for their support. Asha Patel is undergoing chemotherapy treatment at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that affects the lymphatic system in the body. The 16-year-old’s father, Jayesh, said the diagnosis had been a devastating blow to the family, who live in Bressingham. He said: “It came out of the blue in early February. Asha went to bed one night but came to us at about 9pm, saying she had a lump on her collar bone near her shoulder blade. “At first, we thou…