Stories from people affected by cancer

When life gets turned upside down, love, family and friends will see you through. (Along with a sprinkling of prosecco!)

When life gets turned upside down, love, family and friends will see you through. (Along with a sprinkling of prosecco!)

Wobbles are real after a cancer diagnosis, but no one likes to talk about them. I would like to share some of the things that I and other women with a diagnosis have found helps us and I hope they can help you x

After treatment for breast cancer, I had no idea what type of exercise was best (or even safe) for me until I met the Move More Coordinator. Equally important, the group I joined has been a vital source of comradeship and shared understanding.

A small fish lives a happy life in the ocean until one day something no one expected happened. This is a story about challenges related to cancer but also love and support as a tool for recovery.

Are mammograms reliable for diagnosing everybody? Tumours may be missed in dense breast tissue and when cancers begin far back in the breast.

Acknowledging the fear that exists for us all, but seeing the positive in each new day and finding ways to keep living our best life.

Everyone has a breaking point and it is different for each of us.

This is the story of mine and my journey through it - to a good place.

In the Deafening Silence is my story of growth and reflection on a time when life turned upside down and nothing fit into place like I thought it should.

When you reach the end of your cancer treatment and ring that bell, you enter another chapter that no-one seems to talk about and remains quite hidden. Recovering from cancer can continue long after the bell stops ringing