"But what about my dog and my hair?" These were the first words out of the mouth of 57-year-old Tara Ellis when she was given the devastating news that she had stage four, terminal cancer. Not quite able to process the news, the bubbly mum said her mind instantly went to her little dog Russell and her well groomed looks.
Tara, from Westhoughton, was given the devastating diagnosis just two weeks after being admitted to Royal Bolton Hospital in an ambulance. She had been suffering severe back pain but had no idea when the consultants drew the curtains around her bed, last August, just what she was about to hear.
"They told me they were so sorry, but I had inoperable pancreatic cancer," she says, admitting "I didn't even know where that was. I asked them "What about my dog and my hair?" I have always kept myself looking nice.
