‘There’s not a day goes by when I don’t think of her,’ says Katy Vincent, of her best friend, Miranda Filmer. ‘She was one of a kind.’
‘We had a sisterly bond, we worked hard and we partied hard too.’ says Katy. ‘She was my partner in crime.’, a rare, yet aggressive, form of the disease that affects the system that releases hormones into the body.In June 2022, she passed away, aged just 30. She left behind a powerful legacy, reminding those around her to live life as she did, ‘for what and who she loved’.has been tough – they were just 11 when they met, and became close friends.
‘Miranda was very much the glue that held our friendship group together. She wasn’t interested in being the loudest one in the group, but when she spoke, you listened. We all valued her so much.’Katy says it was a huge shock when she first found out that her friend had cancer, when they were just 25.
Katy explains: ‘She just dropped it into conversation one day. She really played it down and said it wasn’t a big deal.’are very rare, and develop in many different organs of the body. The cancer affects the neuroendocrine cells, which are the ones that release hormones into the bloodstream, meaning it is often misdiagnosed.In the years that followed her diagnosis, Miranda underwent gruelling treatment at the Royal Free, including surgery on her spine and chemotherapy.