Mum-of-three Elen Hughes, from Anglesey, was first diagnosed with cancer at the age of 37 after finding a lump on her breast, which was discovered seven years after her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer Elen Hughes has spoken of her heartbreaking health battle with cancer (Image: Cover Images)

She’s faced several cancer diagnoses in the last two decades , feeling heartbroken every time. ‌

But Elen Hughes, 54, says that far worse than the diagnoses and the treatments is the feeling of isolation and loneliness. ‌

Elen, who is married with three children, was f irst diagnosed with primary invasive lobular breast cancer in 2008 at the age of 37. ‌

She found a lump in her breast and having trained as a nurse , she was aware of what it could mean.

Alarm bells

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