At 38, she seemed too young, too vibrant, too full of life to be facing such a terrible disease.
“At the time, I knew of no other young girls with breast cancer. I was devastated when my gorgeous mum had to have a mastectomy in her 70s, but you half expect health problems in your parents. Not in your young daughter.”Breakthroughs In a moving Twitter post, Sarah told her fans that she was having weekly chemotherapy sessions.
She says: “Caron never talked about losing her battle – she only ever talked about life. Her whole attitude to cancer was positivity. We all tapped in to that, and she became the teacher. Through her work with the Caron Keating Foundation, Gloria knows women now have more treatment options than were available to her daughter.
“Afterwards, he said to me, ‘While I was delivering the speech I was thinking the drug has come four years too late for Caron’.” Since that event, herceptin has saved many lives and research continues to look into targeted drug treatments and antibody immunotherapy. She says: “I was glad to hear that Sarah’s mum is helping her through this very difficult time. It’s very hard for close family to know the best way to give support and know what to say.