‘She’s still my baby and it was upsetting seeing her go through that’
Lorraine, 37, who lives in Hilton, Derbyshire, with her husband Steve, 38, and sons George, 12, Henry, three, and Alexander, two, shares her story...
Mum was still able to come to the wedding despite having only just had surgery to remove the tumour, which was such a relief to us both. I was sent for tests and remember looking round at the other women waiting there and feeling sorry for them, never dreaming that there would be anything wrong with me. Following two painful biopsies and a mammogram, I was told the terrifying news. There was an 8cm tumour just behind my nipple, exactly where Mum’s had been, and it was cancerous. I’d need a mastectomy as well as chemo and radiotherapy.
He’d seen his nanny go through the same thing and lose her hair, and he was so upset it was happening again. I hugged him and said I’d be fine, like Nanny. I had the surgery just before Christmas 2020 and that was followed by radiotherapy a few weeks later. Good to share fears Inevitably, I worry the cancer’s going to come back – and I know Mum has those feelings too. It’s great to be able to pick up the phone and share my fears. We sometimes joke that we’re living the same life.
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