A NI woman has opened up on her cancer battle ahead of her third 10K for the charity that's supported her. Angela Taylor was diagnosed with breast cancer on October 5, 2021, when she was 51.
"At the start of this year, my mastectomy reconstructive breast was agony, it was roaring red and I actually though my implant had burst... The implant has actually shifted and it has caused a lot of upset with all the tissue around it. There was a bad infection in it. The whole thing is having to come out. I am on the urgent surgery list."
"I'm still struggling mentally more than physically with how much I've changed and it's really strange, but I'm trying to find myself again, I still feel quite lost, and physically dealing with how my body looks. Angela took part in the Go Pink Campaign for Cancer Focus in October, completing her second 10K while on holiday, and Dearbhaile completed it in her place in NI.
Dearbhaile said: “I met Angela when she was initially diagnosed with breast cancer. She was incredibly worried about what it meant for her, her work and her children. Her life had just been turned upside down and she really needed emotional support outside of her family.