A MUM has revealed her heartache after being diagnosed with stage three breast cancer at 35, just weeks after her husband had a quadruple heart bypass.
Speaking exclusively to Fabulous Digital, Gemma said: "When I was diagnosed, I couldn’t believe what was happening.Gemma Williams"We had been through so much already, but knew for the sake of the children we would do it again, and challenge this head on.
I lost all my hair, eyelashes and fingernails. My skin blistered and peeled, along with many other horrific side effects"When he finally went for tests, the doctors said he was lucky to be alive because his arteries were so blocked up. "I went straight to the doctors and paid £500 for a private scan and was told soon after I had breast cancer."Gemma is now fundraising for a drug called KadcylaShe added: "You couldn't make it up. Jamie jokes I had to jump on the bandwagon and get ill, before he could get his full dose of sympathy after his operation."Telling my kids was very difficult. I told them separately, my daughter was taking her GCSEs so it was a difficult time.
"When I lost all my hair, I joked with them I was going to look like Andy from Little Britain for a while - and told them they could help me choose wigs. But her consultant's three Individual Patient Funding Request applications to get the drug on the NHS have been denied by the Welsh Health Board.The drug is only normally only available to patients whose cancer has spread to other parts of their body, known as secondary breast cancer.
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