09/12/2025
Let's give a huge round of applause for our badass ... 👸
Amy was undergoing annual MRI surveillance due to being a carrier of the BRCA1 mutation when she was diagnosed with an 11mm Grade 3 Triple Negative Invasive Ductal Cancer in August of 2024 🎀
That September, she had a lumpectomy followed by chemo from Nov 2024 - Mar 2025. Initially, she was on a 2-weekly chemo cycle, but due to her mental health suffering, her team switched her to a 3-week cycle that was much kinder on her.
Aside from a short stint in the hospital with a high heart rate & some neuropathy & tinnitus (all of which she still has) 🏥 Amy came through chemo largely unscathed.
By far the most challenging task for her was cold capping 🥶
Amy has a young daughter, and it was crucial to her to try & stay as ‘normal’ for her as possible (Amy was adamant she didn’t want to look like a cancer patient), so cold capping was really important. She still lost a fair amount of hair, but thanks to cold capping, managed to save most of it.
The aftermath of chemo left her feeling like she had the worst hangover, which would make her stuff her face 🥴
As a result, not helped by the steroids, she put on a fair amount of weight & lost a lot of her fitness, which she's slowly getting back.
Once chemo was finished, she underwent a DMX with immediate DIEP & TRAM reconstruction. Amy will likely have further surgery next year to have her ni***es reconstructed & any tidying up her surgeon wants to do.
Outside of cancer, Amy is a mum to a wild six-year-old girl & works in public relations for the NHS, telling the incredible stories of the amazing people who work for the ambulance service 🚑️
Amy would have been lost without her incredible friends 💖 They had a chemo rota, some cooked for her, others simply took her out for cake or sent her cards to cheer me up.
"Take each day as it comes & try to celebrate the small wins along the way. Cancer does not define you, it’s simply a part of your story. Don’t let it win by taking away whatever makes you feel like you. Also take regular photos so you have something to look back on & remind yourself just how far you've come. You’d be amazed by what you forget! I also did a family photo shoot before chemo started & did a b**b casting before my surgery, both of which I’d highly recommend!" 💕