Mortal And Strong - Scars Of Gold - Voice NO. 74 Nikki

Nikki is our latest Voice to share with us her reflections on living over 3 years with secondary breast cancer. After her close friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, Nikki had been breast aware but only thought the symptoms to be mindful of were lumps until seeing one of the Lorraine 'change and check' stickers at a hair salon. This alerted her to the fact that pain could be a symptom and prompted her to have her symptoms checked despite not having a lump. This was 5 years ago and Nikki was initially diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (primary), after finishing treatment and receiving the 'all clear' Nikki then began to have symptoms that were initially suspicious of a stroke. After investigations, this then turned out to be brain metastases and was told her cancer was no longer curable. Nikki reflects how being given a secondary diagnosed changed her perspective on so much, whilst also sharing some humour with how the brain tumour gave her a slightly more impulsive trait to her personality leading to some home renovations which her and her husband later laughed about. Nikki's thoughts on how ;'knowing you're facing your mortality actually makes you live more' are so poignant and Nikki is a prime example of how she has strived to embrace life to it's fullest 'you can't change what's happening to you, but you can change how you react'. Nikki has gone on to do so much work with the breast cancer community, being a voice to help change the support available for women with secondary and triple negative cancer. Thank you so much to Nikki for being another beautiful Voice sharing with us her Scars of Gold.Scars of Gold is a health awareness campaign sharing the voices of 100 women facing their mortality at a young age with life changing or incurable health conditions. Produced by the charity @mortalandstrong (No. 1209448)#podcast #podcastprevious #interview #mortalandstrong #scarsofgold #kintsugi #hope #pov #dr #drliz #drlizmurray #art #documentary #realvoices #breastcancer #cancer #mortal #womenshealth #healthmatters #healthadvocate #healthinequalities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.