Emma Ackroyd was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, the age of just 35. To mark a decade since her diagnosis, she recently completed The MoonWalk Iceland, walking 26.2 miles overnight in the Lake Myvatn region, wearing a decorated bra.
Before she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Emma Ackroyd wasn’t in the habit of checking her breasts regularly. One day, having returned from holiday, she was checking herself in the mirror for a suntan, when she noticed that her left breast looked much lower than her right, and “just didn’t seem quite right”. She couldn’t feel a lump, but made an appointment with her GP to get herself checked out. Emma was referred for tests and went with her mother-in-law Jo Horgan to get her results.
At this time of year, the sun never sets in Iceland – the Land of the Midnight Sun - meaning that the team completed their overnight walking challenge in daylight. Emma Ackroyd said: “Although I did The Moonwalk London straight out of chemotherapy which made me feel alive, completing The Moonwalk Iceland ten years on made me realise how far I’ve come and the journey I’ve travelled.
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