Read the latest blogs from across our work within the secondary breast cancer community. From blogs on fundraising, research findings, information sharing, corporate achievements, community support and stories, celebrate with us as we work together to Make 2nds Count.

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2nd May 2025

End of Life Doula UK

This blog is part of our content for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2025

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2nd May 2025

Register A Death in England & Wales: A Guide for Families

Emma Frith - Registration Team Leader, Norwich, Norfolk Losing someone you love is one of life’s hardest experiences. When that loss comes after a breast cancer journey, it can feel particularly heavy—especially if you were by their side through the ups and downs.

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14th April 2025

Sam's story

I was diagnosed with breast cancer just three days before my 28th birthday. It felt like my whole world shattered.

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12th April 2025

Debra's story

Hi, my name is Deb, I'm 52 and live in Merseyside with my husband Neil. Neil has three adult children from his first marriage and we now have a six-month old grand-daughter.

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29th March 2025

Geri & Alex's story

For many, Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate love, strength, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and their children. For Alex Moore (47) and her mum, Geri Cannon (74), this bond has taken on an even deeper meaning as they both navigate life with Secondary Breast Cancer (SBC) at the same time.

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26th March 2025

Kerry's story

Hi, I'm Kerry, I'm 51 years young and I'm based in the beautiful Shropshire Hills. I live with my husband, Steve and our cat Sidney.

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18th March 2025

Sarah's story

I had never heard of secondary breast cancer, until I received a phone call telling me I had it, almost two years ago. It is difficult for me to understand how it is possible that I went through 16 months of treatment for what I now know was primary breast cancer, yet I never heard the word secondary at any point during my mastectomy surgery, 18 weeks of chemotherapy, three weeks of radio therapy, one year of targeted therapy or subsequent hormone therapy.

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16th March 2025

The Story Behind ‘Not Much Rhymes with Cancer: A Book of Healing Poems’ by Emily Thomas

Documented by Sally Cusack, Melissa Baldwin, Megan Merrit, Emily Van Keogh Background Our best-friend, Emily, was enjoying her maternity leave as a first-time mother of her four-month-old son Griff. Then in September 2020 her life then changed forever when she found a lump in her left breast.

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8th March 2025

Lesley's story

I have been living with secondary breast cancer since September 2005.....19 1⁄2 years. I was diagnosed with de novo secondary breast cancer at the age of 32: Estrogen -, Progesterone +, HER2 +.

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8th March 2025

Jo's story

I was first diagnosed with Triple Negative Stage 3 breast cancer in July 2009, had a recurrence in 2012, and by March 2016, it was Stage 4. By January 2020, I had more or less run out of treatment options and was offered a Phase 1 clinical trial.

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8th March 2025

Liz's story

Today for International Women's Day (8 March) we're launching our Stories of Hope, featuring narratives from women and men who are living with secondary breast cancer. These are stories that will encourage and inspire our community, and let them know they are not alone living with this disease.

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4th March 2025

TNBC Day - Sarah's story

We are sharing stories from our Triple Negative Breast Cancer community to raise awareness about this subtype on Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Day (3 March). Sarah from Hull shares her story of receiving a de novo secondary diagnosis of ER+ HER- in 2019, and then finding out in 2023 that her cancer had flipped to TNBC.

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26th February 2025

Jane's story

We're sharing stories from some of our wonderful members of the secondary breast cancer community. Jane shares her story with us.

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25th February 2025

Running the Edinburgh Marathon - Abbie's story

Abbie took on a fundraising challenge for Make 2nds Count last year, running the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. She tells us what has led her to do this challenge.

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5th February 2025

Mandy's story

We’re asking our community to share their story for World Cancer Day (4 Feb) and highlight the signs and symptoms that led to their diagnosis. Mandy (53) from Pembrokeshire in South-West Wales lives with her husband Marc and two sons, Luke (22) and Daniel (15) and had concerns after finding a lump.

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