A new mum who was given the agonising news she had incurable cancer just two months after the birth of her son has been told she is now clear of active disease. In 2017 Lindsay Barnard was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had just bought a new home with her husband Paul while the diagnosis came just two months after the birth of the couple's long-awaited son Osian.
Lindsay, 32, found a lump in her breast during her pregnancy but a consultant where she lived at the time told her it wasn’t anything to worry about and was most likely a blocked milk duct. However further tests revealed the lump was cancerous. Following the diagnosis the couple moved to Ewloe, Flintshire, but the news got even worse when doctors at Wrexham Maelor Hospital sadly discovered the cancer had spread to Lindsay’s liver and was now incurable.
Her husband Paul, 37, said: “The general statistics for Lindsay’s cancer would give her two to three years to live. At a time when we should be enjoying our new house, our first child, and our lives together our lives were completely turned upside down.” Speaking to NorthWalesLive he said: “The news was devastating, hard to accept, and we both had no idea what was in store over the next few weeks, months or even years. Everyone thinks this sort of thing doesn’t happen to them but they say now one in two people will be diagnosed in their lifetime with cancer.”
