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Archive for category: Personal Stories
04
August
2015

Michele left scarred by skin cancer

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Michele Slane (41) lives in west Belfast with husband Francis and her two children Neil (22) and Kirsty (10).  Michele, who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2010, warns of the dangers of sunbeds and sunbathing. She says: “From about the age of 17 until 30 I used sunbeds on a regular ba...

06
May
2015

Michele warns of sunbed danger

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Michele Slane (41) lives in west Belfast with husband Francis and her two children Neil (22) and Kirsty (10).  Michele was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2010 and now warns others of the dangers of sunbeds and not staying safe in the sun. She says: “From about the age of 17 until 30 I used sun...

11
March
2015

Teen ‘proud to be a quitter’

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Teenager Rachel Armstrong joined forces with Cancer Focus NI on No Smoking Day, March 11, to urge smokers to kick the habit. The 15-year-old, who started smoking when she was just 10, says she is proud to be a quitter. “I had a few older friends who smoked and that where I got my first cigarette. So...

07
November
2014

How Sonia battled breast cancer

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Sonia Patton (46), from Bready, Strabane, is receiving treatment for breast cancer. She is married to Michael (47) and they have three daughters, Molly (16), Eve (6) and Alice (4). A volunteer with Cancer Focus NI, she held a Girls’ Night In and raised a bumper £3,018 for the vital breast cancer res...

05
November
2014

Tyrone cousins’ battle with breast cancer

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Tyrone cousins Yvonne Hendry and Therese O’Gorman, who’ve had double mastectomies, have helped Cancer Focus NI raise £500 for vital breast cancer research by holding a Girls’ Night In. Yvonne, from Sion Mills, and Therese, from Strabane, both opted to undergo the surgery after they discovered...