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I am supporting Breast Cancer Now, the UK’s leading breast cancer research charity. Their work is focused on four key areas – risk and prevention, early detection and diagnosis, treatment and secondary breast cancer.

So many of us have been affected by breast cancer one way or another. It may be from our own personal experience, a friend or relative or in some other way.

I am currently having treatment for Breast Cancer. 18 years ago, I developed breast cancer in my left breast and had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Unfortunately the cancer came back in a more aggressive stage 3 type in the same breast in December 2022 and spread to the lymph nodes. I have been having weekly chemotherapy since February to shrink the cancer. The treatment has been harsh and brutal with lots of horrible side effects and it has really taken it's toll on me. My chemotherapy thankfully finishes in August 2023 and I will have a left mastectomy following treatment. The Oncology team and nurses have been amazing and do a fantastic job. I feel very lucky, thankful and blessed and my faith, the wonderful support from family and friends and families I work with have given me strength and kept me positive.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide.

Charities are working tirelessly to support the research needed to find a cure, fund treatment and support families.

Every year around 11,500 women and 85 men die from breast cancer in the UK – that's nearly 1,000 deaths each month, 31 each day or one every 45 minutes.

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women under 50 in the UK.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women the UK with one woman diagnosed every 10 minutes.

Around 55,000 women and 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.

In England, every year around 46,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer.

One in seven women in the UK will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month nearly 5,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Your contribution however big or small can make a big difference!

Giving is not just about making a donation; it's about 'making a 'difference.'

Thank you so much for supporting this wonderful cause.

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