'I thought doctors say it was nothing, but it hit me like an avalanche'

A mum-of-three has described her cancer diagnosis as 'like an avalanche' since hearing the news in February. Three months ago, Stacey Gregson was enjoying a relaxing bath, when out of the blue, she experienced a "shooting pain" in her chest area. As the pain took her by surprise, the 39-year-old from Nelson says she grabbed herself and noticed a hard lump in her breast.

The mum-of-three was told it was unlikely to be anything sinister due to her young age and good health, but more tests would be conducted if anything was found. From there, Stacey says "everything happened so fast" and she underwent a mammogram, a tomosynthesis, a scan of her lymph nodes and a series of biopsies.

"I had more biopsies and they got me back two weeks later and said they found a second area of cancer, but they were pretty confident they could sort it." Stacey underwent surgery to remove the secondary cancer, but her results from this took a little longer than expected. Sitting down to hear the news, Stacey made it clear to medical professionals she didn't want to go ahead with chemotherapy due to the likelihood of losing her hair. Having long hair her whole life, she's recently grown it to reach her bum, but could face losing it all with treatment.

As Stacey puts on a brave face to prepare for the upcoming months, she says the "uncertainty" of her journey is the worst part. "They've basically said in the next five years, make memories," Stacey recalls of a conversation with medics.

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