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    I HAD TO TELL MY BOYS I HAD CANCER

    Nov 18, 2019 4 minutes

    Putting the first bauble on the tree is the moment when, for me, Christmas really begins. Decorating the house with my husband Greg and our sons, Billy, 11, and Jamie, nine, and seeing the joy on their faces means more than anything. Since the boys were born, I’ve always wanted to make their Christmas as magical as possible. But, of course, cancer doesn’t care what time of year it is when it decides to strike a family.

    When I first noticed that one of my nipples was leaking discharge in April 2016, I wasn’t worried. I’d experienced a number of harmless lumps and cysts while I was

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