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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Matthew Barbour

Hero NHS nurse who found lump in her own breast makes life-changing decision

As she watched the sun go down on the last evening of her Greek holiday, Tracey van Alphen-Read felt it was ­setting on her life too.

The big-hearted community care nurse had witnessed so much grief and anguish during Covid she yearned for a new role supporting patients facing the end of their days.

Yet, as she watched the final rays of sunshine sink below the horizon that night in October 2021, mum-of-one Tracey was aware her own mortality also hung in the balance.

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