WHEN Laura Eggo discovered a lump while breastfeeding her baby daughter, she assumed it was a blocked milk duct.
upside down, and the news that she has inherited the faulty BRCA1 gene means she will face yet more treatment.
“We all have a reason to Race for Life,” says Laura. “For me it will be a chance to say thank you, to raise money to help people tackling cancer right now.“I will be looking at more surgery in the future but that news has made me even more determined to do what I can to support the discovery of more treatments and cures for my daughter’s generation.”
“In the space of just a few months I went from the joy of celebrating the birth of our daughter with all the special people in my life to hours in a hospital ward,” she says. In September 2021, Laura had surgery at Wishaw General Hospital, but was “shattered” when doctors explained the cancer had spread to some of the lymph nodes under her arm. During reconstructive surgery at University Hospital, Hairmyres Laura had all of the lymph nodes removed.“I asked my husband to shave my hair which was very emotional,” she recalls. “I felt self conscious with a bald head. My hair has always been dark.
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