Laughter is the best medicine

Sue Hall, 68, lives near Leeds, with her husband David, 76. They have a son and a daughter, Becky, 34, who was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer last year. When Becky and Mark [her husband] said

As my wife carried our little one, something more sinister was growing inside me

For many women who go on to be diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s usually feeling a lump or a change in their breast that sets alarm bells ringing and encourages them to get checked out. But, in the U

Reaching for my wife Lisa’s hand, the consultant’s words just swam around my mind. ‘I’m afraid you have ovarian cancer. You only have three to five years left to live.’ It was March 2015, and with tho

Every year, thousands of UK women undergo surgery to treat or reduce their risk of breast cancer. Returning to running poses its own unique challenges, but can play a vital role in healing, physically and emotionally

Sometimes, the course of your life can hinge on a single day. One such day in April 2023 was both my bleakest-ever moment, and the day my husband proposed. It was a Friday afternoon when the consultan