A Belfast mum has described the feeling of when she was diagnosed with cancer as if a 'bomb' had gone off in her life.
Loretta Nolan, from Andersonstown, was diagnosed with breast cancer after noticing a change in her breast, and after closer examination also detected a lump.
The mum-of-three has opened up on her diagnosis and how her first thoughts were how her husband Artie and children, Emma, 29, Mark, 26 and Ciara 23, would cope with the devastating news.