Helpful Resources — Rebel Women

By Lisa Forrest If you’d told me this story 14 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. At 27, halfway through my first (and only) pregnancy, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. After ten rounds of chemotherapy, my daughter Eadie Piper was delivered at 34 weeks. Just perfection. Straight after her birth, I underwent a radical hysterectomy, keeping one ovary to prevent early menopause and preserve hope for another child. By 2017, I was five years cancer-free, it was this year that my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer in both breasts. Genetic testing revealed we both carried the BRCA2...