Pick Me Up!

Family MATTERS

Mother, daughter, granddaughter, wife, football coach, nail artist, director, charity fundraiser and karaoke singer.

I am all of those things, and I am a cancer survivor.

I work closely with breast cancer charities, in honour of my mum’s cancer battle, my battle and my daughters’ possible future battles.

Here is my story… In February 2018, my mum Meena, 69, went for her regular annual mammogram.

‘They’ve found something and want to do a biopsy,’ she told me.

I offered to go with her, but Mum is incredibly independent and wanted to go to the biopsy alone.

When she was due to find out her results, I was in a work meeting.

I remember constantly

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