‘Accept the help’: Survivor

Key points

• Osteopath and single mother of two Sheryl Llandra was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2025, three months before her 40th birthday. She first found a lump she thought was a cyst, but the fluid drained from it was blood.
• After a surgery in October 2025, doctors found triple negative breast cancer and she began chemotherapy in November. She completed six months of treatment, then had a double mastectomy and reconstruction in May 2026.
• Her message to other women with cancer is to accept help, as the journey has both hard days and positive ones.