I went through the worry of finding a lump, waiting for results, and receiving surgery, I wasn’t aware that I had cancer until it had gone. It’s been difficult to understand my feelings around this because I feel grateful and scared all at the same time.

He drew a big tree and a little tree, the big tree represented my cancer, it completely overshadowed the little tree, it got all the sun and light then it was cut down, (cutting the cancer out) ‘Letrozole stops any little trees from growing’, he said ‘we don’t know if there are any little trees anywhere else’, which may sound strange but for the first time since my journey began, I have accepted and now dealing with Cancer.

I have coped with everything I have been through because of my outlook, I always try to stay positive and am always grateful for something everyday, being a part of Breast Cancer groups that have been through the same as you helps a lot, you need that support.

My story is a lot like others, if there is one thing I would like you all to take from it is to live your life to the full, to keep the people important to you close, and challenge yourself, as we only have this one life

I remember how cold it was as the mammogram screening was done in a trailer in a car park, I walk past it everyday on my way to work. I look at it very differently now when I pass. Stripped off to the waist and so it began ‘how long have you had an inverted nipple’ the radiologists asked, “as long as I can remember” I replied, and they were the only words spoken.

The scariest thing about having a Lobular diagnosis, specifically, is the fact that there is no visible lump to indicate that cancer may be present. I am however grateful that there are so many new treatments being made available for all types of breast cancer.