Welcome to my fundraising page for CoppaFeel!

This November, I will set out on a challenging, extraordinary, and life-changing trek, all in the name of checking chests! Along with Gi Fletcher and some other famous faces, I will embark on a 5 day trek in the Indian Himalayas, in a bid to raise funds towards CoppaFeel's life-saving mission.

Most of you will be aware of my own Breast Cancer Diagnosis a couple of years ago but let me recap for those that don't know.

I was one week into being 29 when I heard the words no one wants to hear "you have cancer". I'd been to the doctor 8 months prior but was told not to worry as I was 'too young' so when I was diagnosed it was stage 3 and aggressive. I had 8 rounds, 16 weeks, of intense dose dense chemotherapy, not one but three surgeries (so now I only have my right boob), followed by 15 sessions of radiotherapy. I finished active treatment in August 2022, almost exactly 1 year to the day I was formally diagnosed and I currently have no evidence of disease *little celebratory dance*.

It doesn't end there though and I am now on hormone therapy for a minimum of 5 years which means I'm in the menopause. Yay for me. I'm also on Chemotherapy tablets for 2 years which come with their own never ending list of side effects...

This, understandably, has completely changed my life and at the moment I barely have the energy to shower, let alone trek the Himalayas for 5 days so believe me when I say this is going to be one hell of a challenge.

CoppaFeel! are such an inspiring charity and have been an amazing community for me during and after my treatment. They are on a mission to stamp out the late diagnosis of breast cancer by making sure that young people are regularly checking their boobs, pecs and chests and getting to know their bodies in order to have the confidence to see their GP if something just doesn't feel normal. I also now volunteer for them as a Boobette delivering life saving talks up and down the country and raising this money (and hopefully more) for them would just be a dream.

Thanks so much for reading and for your donation & support. To find out more about CoppaFeel! head to www.coppafeel.org.