When an injury left Gill Castle with a permanent stoma, she refused to wallow or be held back – she set about helping other women...

Nicola Kaufman, 49, lives in Horsham, West Sussex, with her husband Adrian, 49. By the time I found out that I had multiple sclerosis (MS) – a condition that affects the brain and central nervous syst

While my hero was losing his fight, I had a battle of my own

I was always the last to be picked for sport, so what was I doing halfway up the highest mountain in the world?

Sitting beside the hospital bed where my 15-year-old daughter Leoni lay, I clutched her hand. ‘It’s cancer,’ I said, fighting back tears. Seeing her bewildered face staring back at me, my heart broke.

While my hero was losing his fight, I had a battle of my own