Hannah Roberts had just celebrated her 40th birthday when she was told she had breast cancer. It was December 2023, and Hannah, a teacher from Sutton Coldfield, had seen her GP after feeling that one breast was firmer than the other.

After being referred by her GP, a biopsy revealed she had breast cancer – and further tests found it to be an aggressive form of the disease.

Since then her life, and the lives of her husband and two daughters, eight and six, have been turned upside down. She began chemotherapy immediately, but the cancer was then found to have spread to her bones – making it incurable. By January 2025 scans showed it had progressed to her lungs.

“It’s heartbreaking,” says Hannah, simply. “The first thought is, is there anything else I can take?”

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