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Mum so scared of getting breast cancer she checks daily for lumps gets the disease twice before she is 30 and campaigns for kinder treatments

A mum whose fear of getting breast cancer prompted her to check daily for lumps for years only to have the disease twice by the time she was 30 is campaigning for kinder treatments after chemotherapy made her so sick she was hospitalised. Jade ...

10 Aug 2022 at 09:03

Health

TV producer with breast cancer blog The Titty Gritty finds her prosthetic boob in daughter’s bag after she takes it to school to ‘show and tell’

A TV producer who started a blog called The Titty Gritty to raise awareness after having breast cancer found her prosthetic boob in her daughter’s bag and discovered she had taken it to school for ‘show and tell.’ Mum-of-three Helen Addis, 43,...

17 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Scotland

Advice published for use of three new medical treatments in Scotland

Three new medicines have had advice published for use in conditions including a rare and fatal genetic condition affecting young children and a form of leukaemia. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) issued the advice for atidarsagene ...

11 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Home

County Derry boat club members sail across Atlantic for cancer charity

Members of a County Derry boat club met challenges, triumphs and even a slap in the face as they sailed across the Atlantic and raised money for charity. Emily Agnew, Michael Browne and Elwyn Agnew (skipper) of the Ballyronan Boat Club ...

17 Jan 2023 at 16:33

Parenting

Christian mum who defied cancer to have five ‘miracle’ boys, including identical triplets, says kids are ‘gift from God’

A Christian couple who feared they may not be able to have children following a shock cancer diagnosis have since defied the odds and welcomed five “miracle” babies into the world, all still under the age of six – including identical ...

06 Apr 2023 at 07:00

Health

Mum put on life support after infected finger led to ‘devastating’ leukaemia diagnosis says ‘giving up wasn’t an option’

A mother-of-three who noticed her finger had become infected as it was “all swollen and green” and was put in an induced coma after a “devastating” leukaemia diagnosis which left her battling for life has said “it was never an ...

05 May 2023 at 07:00

Health

Dad told he looked like Casper the ghost before cancer diagnosis outlives three-week prognosis and will ‘keep fighting’

A father-of-three who was told he looked like “Casper the ghost” before being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and given three weeks to live, meaning he has planned his own Requiem Mass and funeral, has defied ...

06 Sept 2023 at 08:28

Health

Mum with incurable cancer at 37 outlives ‘sell-by date’ and now looks ahead to 50th birthday and clubbing with her son

A mother-of-two who felt she had been given a “death sentence” when she was told her cancer is incurable at the age of 37 has “managed to outlive the sell-by date” by several years and said she wants to highlight that ...

26 Jun 2023 at 07:00

Health

Mum whose son, 12, died after leukaemia diagnosis aims to help ‘save other children’ with 12 fundraising challenges

A mother whose 12-year-old boy died following a leukaemia diagnosis after doctors “tried everything they possibly could” has undertaken 12 physical challenges in 12 months to raise money to “help save the lives of ...

07 Jul 2023 at 08:32

Amy Dowden says she is ‘feeling good’ despite blood clots during chemotherapy

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has issued an update on her cancer treatment and said that she has blood clots but is “feeling good”. The professional dancer, 33, announced in May that she had been ...

23 Aug 2023 at 23:42

Family

Pregnant mum induced early for double mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis ‘grateful to be alive’ as son turns one

A mother who was told she had three cancerous tumours in her right breast while pregnant with her first child and felt like “a patchwork doll” after having two mastectomies just weeks after being ...

21 Aug 2023 at 07:00

Health

Mother diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, anorexia and incurable cancer says she ‘doesn’t feel afraid of dying any more’

A mother who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) just days before her 30th birthday and later told she has myeloma – an incurable type of blood cancer – said she has “taught (herself) a ...

11 Aug 2023 at 07:00

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