Perri Rowe now wants others to 'celebrate their body'
A Leeds woman was diagnosed with a "one in a million" cancer after finding a lump in her right breast while she was on holiday.
Read more: I live right next to the M1 in Leeds - it's a 'noisy' life but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else She said: “Because of how aggressive the cancer is, I was put on intensive chemo which I found really tough. My body didn’t know how to react; it was very draining and I lost my hair.” Perri said: “I have a 30cm scar across my chest and, while I’m due to have reconstruction surgery this summer, I have had to come to terms with how my body has changed during my treatment, and I have learned to love my body as it is now. Every scar defines the kind of journey you’ve been on, and you should be proud of that.”
During her treatment, Perri spent a lot of time on the Teenage Cancer Trust unit which she said helped to keep her from feeling isolated as she went through treatment during Covid lockdown restrictions. In December 2020 when she was 22, Perri had surgery to have her right breast removed in a mastectomy.
Due to Perri’s cancer being at high risk of returning within the first two years, she was not eligible for a breast reconstruction during her mastectomy. Receiving the all-clear in March 2021, Perri is now due to have her reconstruction surgery this summer and has said the years she has spent waiting for the operation have given her time to come to terms with her new body.
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