Family Stories

On #InternationalWomensDay we are celebrating all the strong and courageous women diagnosed with cancer or caring for a child with cancer. In March 2018, our Events and Campaigns Officer Amanda [...]

Niall Smyth (8) was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) on 4th Jan 2019. On Christmas day his mum Siobhan recalls him being so unwell, he couldn’t enjoy Santa delivering his [...]

Rachael Kenny (24) began feeling unwell after the Summer in 2019 but put her fatigue and other symptoms down to working long hours in her first full time job since graduating with a Biomedical [...]

Mo was diagnosed with brain tumour in 2017.  His mum is sharing an honest and thought provoking account of their experience of cancer to help raise awareness of the support provided by Cancer [...]

In 2018 Patricia Morris was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.  In July that year she had a lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She, her husband Paddy and two children [...]

In 2018 Austin Rothwell (12) was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Austin was in intensive care for three months and spent a year learning to walk again. He now attends regular [...]

In December 2017 Lisa’s Strutt’s husband John was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  Following surgery and treatment Lisa, John and their three teenage children Rosie (18), James (16) and Holly [...]

Nichola Mills was diagnosed with breast cancer on October 12th 2016 when her youngest child Alannah was just 4 weeks old. Nichola who lives in Antrim with her husband Alan and is mum to five [...]

Matthew McKeegan (13) was diagnosed with leukaemia in November 2018. He & his Dad Charlie have shared their experience of cancer and how important it is to have emotional support from [...]

As we approach Mother’s Day we spoke to one inspirational partner and mum, Gillian Arnott from Comber.  Gillian’s is mum to Sophie (14) and Smyth (8).  Her partner Neil was diagnosed with [...]