My story started after my Mother died in 2008. She had breast cáncer. I asked my doctor if I could have a mammogram just for my own piece of mind,I was 42yrs old. The mammogram showed up micro calcification in the left breast. I was shocked. Until January of this year I was continuing to have checks every 6 months - 1 yr. In January my right breast was very dense, and after repeating the mammogram in June I was sent for a biopsy. On 17th July I was told I had breast cáncer. I had a breast MRI and it was confirmed I had a large tumour in the milk duct. measuring 8.5cm x 4cm, I was stage 1 grade 3,HER 2 positive and hormone receptor negative. On the 3rd October they tested my lymph nodes and thankfully they came back negative. I had a mastectomy saving my skin but not the nipple and a próstesis put in straight away. 4 weeks later I am fine,I will get my pathology results hopefully this week but the doctors think that I will not need any further treatment. I am so grateful to all my doctors for the care they have given me the past few years without checking the tiny problem I originally had and which has never changed,they wouldnt have spotted the other breast changing. I am all for awareness so I started a FB page and I explain things happening incase someone reads it and they think they have a problem. Yes its a little uncomfortable some of the things we have to go through,but we get through them. I couldnt do this without my family and Friends especially my husband Trevor,who only had brain surgery in March this year which thankfully he is recovering from well. Some people prefer not to talk about cáncer but for me I think it is a huge help when others know what you are going through.

Nancy Lauren Fryatt Tew
Menorca, Spain