The 35-year-old – who inspired millions of women when she posed naked on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine following her mastectomy – thought she was finally in the clear until she received the devastating news two weeks ago.
‘To go from believing that I was fighting fit and healthy to now realising that I am in a lot of trouble is a huge shock and something that I am struggling to come to terms with.
Hannah said her world turned upside down when she found a lump in her breast in April 2011.
‘It was like being hit by a train. It didn’t feel real. Like most young women, I thought I was invincible,’ she said.
She had a lumpectomy and eight cycles of gruelling chemotherapy. Then, a week before her treatment was due to end, she found a second cancerous lump.
She had a lumpectomy and eight cycles of gruelling chemotherapy. Then, a week before her treatment was due to end, she found a second cancerous lump.
She had a mastectomy, followed by five weeks of radiotherapy.
‘It turns out that the cancer spread in the first place but it was never picked up and it has been growing ever since. So while I have been working to inspire others, all the time the cancer was taking over my liver,’ she said.
Hannah started chemo on Thursday and says she is ‘up for the fight’.
She has already changed to a plant-based diet, which provides an alkaline environment which some say helps in the fight against cancer.
She said: ‘I started chemo last week and my Oncologist has told me that I do not have the luxury of time to explore other options, I must start immediately.
‘The cancer is inoperable as it has spread too far and radiotherapy is not an option. I have therefore begun exploring how I can heal naturally alongside the chemo.
‘One of the key factors in healing is diet.
I need to get my body into an alkaline state as quickly as possible and the way to do this is a plant-based diet.
‘I have read many stories of people who have survived cancer by switching to a plant-based diet and I have done this immediately. It is a big change and I have to completely re-learn how to provide my body with all of the nutrients it needs.
‘The other form of healing is emotional. This is also key as many serious illnesses can stem from toxic emotions that we have not been able to express. This is true for me. So I am on a journey of healing both naturally and with conventional medicine.’
Hannah has made the decision to try treatment in an American clinic where they use homeopathic remedies.
However she doesn’t have the funds necessary after pouring her savings into a fledgling company two years ago.
‘What I really need is financial support. I started my fledgling business 18 months ago and ploughed all of my resources into that. I now have nothing to help me through this,’ she said.
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