I was diagnosed with grade 3 Triple Negative Breast cancer on March 2nd 2016.

On Monday I will celebrate 4 years since diagnosis and and no further issues.

I had bilateral mastectomies and 6 months of chemo with a years rest and then DIEP reconstruction which took another 18 months to complete.

I am always aware that cancer could return and I find this time of year especially difficult as my diagnosis, Birthday and surgery all occurred within a 10 day period.

I am grateful to the brilliant surgeons, radiographers, nurses and staff that I have met along my journey and am now trying to come to terms with the body that I now have and the problems I am left with following treatment. I have Lymphoedema, pain across my chest and ribs and Bile acid malabsorption causing severe bowel issues. My gall bladder was removed due to stones a year ago and BAM is dragging me down more than anything else at present.

Triple Negative Breast cancer is a scary diagnosis and the journey through treatment is not easy but there is life after, albeit a very different one.