Marion promised her kids she’d try anything except more chemo.
Squeezing shower gel into my hand, I lathered up. Only, as I washed, I felt a small, hard lump between my breasts.
What’s that?
I worried.
My GP referred me to a cancer clinic, just in case. Only, a mammogram found something…
‘There’s some thickening of the tissue,’ the nurse said, referring me for a biopsy and ultrasound.
It’ll be fine, I told myself.
But, days later, in May 2015, my mum Lynne, 67, waited outside as I got my biopsy results.
‘I’m afraid it’s stage-4 breast cancer,’ the specialist said.
I went cold, my three kids Max, 11, Bailey, 10, and Ava, 8, flashing through my mind.
What would they do without me? I panicked.
A single mum, they were my whole world.
The specialist explained I’d need surgery to remove my right breast and lymph nodes.
Stunned, I went back to the waiting room, shaking my head, unable to speak.
Mum cuddled me, both of us in shock.
‘We’ll fix this,’ Mum said.
I’ll fight it – for the kids, I thought.
Only, then my ultrasound results came back. The cancer was already in my stomach, spine and adrenal glands.
Telling the kids
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