A woman who didn't start her cancer treatment until four months after her diagnosis has opened up about the agonising wait and delays to the system which simply isn't working.
Julie Grabham was given her official diagnosis on November 18, 2022, however at an appointment where a biopsy was taken as well as an ultrasound performed on the first of that month, she was told in uncertain terms that if the biopsy came back clear, they would do it again. This was classed as the first day breast cancer was suspected.
Welsh Government targets that every person should receive treatment for cancer within 62 days of the disease first being suspected. For this reason, Julie planned to spend Christmas 2022 having surgery and then radiotherapy. But her treatment didn't start until February 2023, almost four months after she was diagnosed with the disease.
