A Blairgowrie woman who was told five years ago she only had weeks to live is to take part in a 38-mile cycling challenge. ‌

Louise Copeland was diagnosed with aggressive triple negative breast cancer in 2020. ‌

She received the bleak weeks-to-live prognosis after chemotherapy failed and surgery and radiotherapy weren’t options. ‌

But an immunotherapy drug gave her a second chance – and she’s defied doctors ever since.

In 2024 the cancer returned in her femur, during a break from immunotherapy, and she received a hip replacement last autumn.

Louise has since restarted immunotherapy and is to take part in Sir Chris Hoy’s Tour de 4 fundraiser Riding Together Against Cancer on Sunday, September 7. ‌

She said: “It has been wonderful to get back on the bike and have a goal to trai

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