'I thought she would be around forever...now her legacy will help others survive'
A daughter has spoken of the 'gut-wrenching' moment her 'brave and resilient' mum was told she had incurable breast cancer at the age of just 33, admitting: "I thought she would be around forever".
But her daughter Chloe has told how her legacy is now helping others to survive - after more than £300,000 has been raised in her mum's name and memory.Chloe described her mum as being "incredibly brave and resilient" throughout, and said she even made the decision to support others living with the disease before her death in 2015.
"However, it quickly became clear that there were many difficulties in the way, and her form of cancer was particularly aggressive. The cancer had spread to her lymph nodes, and she began chemotherapy and then radiotherapy. "Throughout my whole life my mum has empowered me to be a strong, independent woman and to make the best of my life. The night before she passed away, she encouraged me to go out and try to enjoy myself. I was wearing an outfit she purchased for my birthday, she asked me to do a twirl and she said, ‘you look beautiful Chloe’."Those were the last words that she said to me, and I hold on to them forever.
"Breast Cancer Now does some incredible work to pioneer new treatments to help people improve their quality of life, gain extra time or overcome this terrible disease. Since my mum has passed there have been developments to the treatments offered for triple negative breast cancer and although sometimes you think ‘what could have been’, in the case of my mum, I know that she would be so pleased to see that a difference is being made.
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