Leona Macken

Like I had the hysterectomy in July.

I was like planning to be back and work for October, November.

Like, you know, I thought maybe nine weeks would do me and I'd be fine.

Yeah.

And I had nobody to go to.

Like I didn't have anybody that like I was so new to it all.

I didn't have anyone to go.

Do you know is this right?

I had nobody.

The only person I had.

with Siobhan at the time, and she was the first person who kind of acknowledged it and went, look, it could be a horrible twist of fate, but maybe, maybe, like, you know, this doesn't add up.

And I just was like, yeah.

So they then were like, we'll get your smears back from America and we'll get them tested.

And I was like, yeah, I definitely want to do that.

So in the meantime, I had like nine weeks of healing from the hysterectomy straight into chemo and radiotherapy.

So I done like radiotherapy on a Monday and Friday and then chemotherapy on the Wednesday.

And honestly, the radiotherapy floored me.

Like I always thought like chemotherapy would be like what would kill you.

Like the radiotherapy was horrific.

Like I just was so sick on it.