I won’t let cancer win

With latest statistics showing that cancer will affect half of us, Lisa Ellson, 53, from Skipton, North Yorkshire, shares her story and how her own diagnosis led her to create something special to help people everywhere…

I needed support at the worst time of my life, and boy did I get it

MY LIFE IN HEALTH

The battle with breast cancer is one of the most intense fights a woman can face – but embracing a new body shape can bring with it a whole new confidence, as Rachel Loos discovers

As she sat on the final evening of her Greek holiday, Tracey van Alphen-Read knew what awaited her at home would be the biggest challenge of her life. The 50-year-old community nurse from Gloucestersh

When the doctor said, ‘It’s gone to your bones, I can’t cure it,’ everything changed. I’d walked into that room thinking I was about to be told when my chemotherapy would start. I’d mentally prepared