Lauren - 13 year old girl

I tried my best not to cry because i didnt want to upset my mum even more by me crying.

I was told about 2/3 weeks ago that my mum had breast cancer. My mum and dad sat me down and told me after school one day. I was really upset when they told me. I tried my best not to cry because i didnt want to upset my mum even more by me crying. As soon as they had finished telling me i went up to my room and just cried.

My mum was getting an operation 4 days after she had told me. The operation was for my mum to get her whole breast off. Me, my mum and my dad where all really scared and upset. When me and my dad took her into the hospital we sat in the waiting room for 10 minutes and then we went up to my mums hospital room. We sat there for 15 minutes and then it was time for me and my dad to leave so my mum could have her life saving operation. After 2hrs and a half we could go back and see her after her operation. We went up and seen her but it was horrible because she looked really ill.

It has been nearly 3 weeks now since my mum had her operation and she went back for results today and they said she is CANCER FREE!!! We are all so happy but the only downside is she needs chemo and radium. The chemo will be for 18 weeks and the radium will be afterwards. I am going to find this really hard seeing my mum really ill with chemo but at least she will not get her breast cancer back. Hopefully everything will go okay ! x

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