21/10/2025
Moke knows from personal experience how important it is to get an early breast cancer diagnosis β and now she wants to share her story to help other people in a similar situation.
It was 2018 when Moke felt a lump in her left breast while moisturising herself after a bath and suspected something was wrong, but because she was busy, she didn't go to the doctor for a month. She said: "When I felt the lump I immediately thought, 'Oh, what is this? This is not normal.' But I was busy and kept putting it off. It was a lesson learnt. I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer which had spread to my lymph nodes. I had a single mastectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I had my lymph nodes removed and ended up with a chronic condition called lymphoedema, a swelling in the arm. Triple negative is the most aggressive form of breast cancer. After the operation, because they took the specimen to the lab, they found another lump already growing in the one they removed. It's that aggressive."
Moke, who's from Dagenham, is sharing her experience as part of our Tickled Pink campaign, which supports Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel!, to inspire other people get into a regular habit of checking themselves.