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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

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Marguerite rings the bell at North West Cancer Centre

Disarmingly faff-free and frank, a courageous Marguerite Burke (48) said she was not planning on dying any time soon! Following her recent double mastectomy and follow-up cancer treatment, Marguerite, was able to ‘ring the bell’ at the North ...

20 Sept 2022 at 12:33

Duchess of York has single mastectomy and vows to get ‘super fit’

Sarah, Duchess of York, has revealed she has had a single mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer, and urged listeners of her podcast to go for screening. The 63-year-old discovered she had an early form of the disease during a ...

26 Jun 2023 at 12:20

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 induced early to deliver her son has said ...

21 Aug 2023 at 07:00

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Woman forced to remove breast prosthesis in public before flight to Donegal

A woman has told of the traumatic experience of having to remove a breast prosthesis in public as she travelled from Donegal Airport to Donegal. Réaltán Ní Leannáin was getting ready to board a flight to Carrickfinn last month. The ...

09 Apr 2024 at 09:33

Sligo

Harkin welcomes reversal of ‘mean-spirited’ cuts to funding for post mastectomy products

Sligo/Leitrim TD Marian Harkin welcomed the decision by Minister Stephen Donnelly to ask the HSE to ensure women are not at a financial loss as a result of cuts to allowances for specialised bras for women recovering from a ...

22 Feb 2024 at 19:33

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‘My breast cancer will kill me but one drug could extend my life and allow me to make more memories with my little girl’

A mother who has been diagnosed with breast cancer four times, with the final diagnosis confirming it had spread and is incurable, is campaigning for a targeted therapy drug to be approved for use on the NHS in England to ...

12 Jan 2024 at 06:30

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Breast cancer patient, 29, to ‘live childhood dream’ and model on catwalk after double mastectomy and chemotherapy

A woman who was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of breast cancer in her 20s, undergoing chemotherapy, a double mastectomy and radiotherapy within the space of 10 months, is now cancer free and will soon be taking to ...

17 Apr 2023 at 07:00

Health

‘Growing up I did not know black women like me could get cancer – now I’ve had a mastectomy I want to raise awareness’

A mum who grew up not knowing cancer can affect black people due to a lack of media representation and miscommunication, which meant “cancer didn’t exist” in her community, is now raising awareness by modelling after ...

02 Oct 2023 at 07:00

Health

‘It was all over’: Woman’s dreams of having children crushed after being told breast cancer had spread and is incurable

A woman whose dreams of having children were crushed after she began her IVF journey and was then told her breast cancer had spread to her lungs, liver and bones and is incurable has said she hopes that with more ...

31 Oct 2023 at 07:00

Local News

Louth nurse is travelling to Kenya to help cancer survivors

Local Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist Mary Keane is set to travel to Kenya this month with the mission of providing breast prosthesis and mastectomy bras to cancer survivors in the country. Mary, from Blackrock, ...

02 May 2024 at 19:33

Health

I don’t know how long I’ve got left: Dad given terminal breast cancer diagnosis after losing mum and stepmum to disease

A father given a terminal breast cancer diagnosis after losing his mother and stepmother to the same disease will take part in a charity fashion show to raise awareness to help others – but he does not know ...

12 Apr 2024 at 06:30

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