Mortal And Strong - Voice No. 60 Mags

Another wonderfully bubbly Voice from the campaign - Mags sharing her fiercely optimistic approach to life and her experience of Type 1 diabetes and Primary Breast Cancer. Mags first shares how being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at a time where syringes were glass and had to be re-used, and her journey through the change in technology and the enormous benefit this has had, along with the risks of hypoglycaemic attacks.

Then Mags shares the very emotional journey of being diagnosed with breast cancer as her own mother became unwell following a stroke and how she may not have noticed her lump had her mum not become unwell. Mags brings a lot of humour to how she approached her treatments to keep positive, as well as talking about the impact of having a 3d nipple tattoo reconstruction from the Nip charity. Finally Mags shares with us a poem she wrote during her chemotherapy treatment which will be used in the exhibition.

Another wonderful voice bringing hope and honest insights. Thank you to Mags for being one of our Voices in the 2024/25 Scars of Gold campaign.

Scars of Gold is a health awareness campaign sharing the voices of 100 women facing their mortality at a young age with life changing or incurable health conditions, led by Dr Liz Murray and photographer Sammy Weston. Produced by the charity @mortalandstrong (No. 1209448)

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