Why Not Me?: The Battle for My Life and My Baby

By: Mandy Mcmillan

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Synopsis: Mandy McMillan was not a fighter. She was ordinary: a hairdresser, a party girl, a bit of a coward when it came to all things medical. The worst she'd ever fought was a cold. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 - the second in her group of five friends to be struck down by the disease. She'd had a one in 1,900 chance of getting it. Her cancer was incurable; chemotherapy almost killed her, her body was so ravaged that she almost gave up, but Mandy battled on. Her one stroke of good fortune? The arrival of new wonder-drug, Herceptin. Then a miracle happened: Mandy gave birth to Britain's first Herceptin baby, a little girl conceived, carried and born to a mum on long-term treatment. A drug saved Mandy McMillan, now a daughter called Holly is keeping her alive. And she will fight every single day to see her child grow up.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780755363094
Related ISBNs:: 9780755360581
Publisher:: Headline
Date of Addition:: 07/22/21
Copyrighted By:: Mandy McMillan and Lesley Roberts The right of Mandy McMillan and Lesley Roberts to be identified as the Authors of the Work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.