A woman who began to experience fatigue and night sweats before her cancer diagnosis is sharing an important message to others.
Cheryl Scott, 38, began to feel more tired back in 2019 and was experiencing "night sweats" but put it down to being busy. Cheryl, who now lives in Runcorn, said with a strong history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in her family, they have always been taught to "check ourselves", and Cheryl found a lump in her breast while on holiday.
In December that year, she was given a diagnosis of breast cancer and surgery was scheduled for January, a single mastectomy [operation to remove a breast]. She told the ECHO : "That was a little rough because during covid you're kind of isolated on your own.