Personal experience, Season 7, Secondary breast cancer
Understanding a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis - Nikki Wheatley
In this episode, Laura talks to Nikki Wheatley about her experience being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. And being later diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.
I feel like hope breeds hope. The more you see, the more you find. And it's easy for it to seep into everything. And you start to believe it.
5 years on from her metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, Nikki shares how she finds and spreads hope, like working with the Change+Check campaign.
They discuss what means, and why it can be harder to treat. Nikki talks about living with day-to-day, how she manages the side effects of her treatments and looking after her mental well-being.
Nikki also talks about how she has found parenting with cancer. And finding support in places like the Fruitfly collective, Ruth Strauss foundation and Maggie's. They talk about the importance of self-advocacy, early detection, and how she hopes to help others by sharing her story.
Glossary term
Triple negative breast cancer
The name given to breast cancer that is:
- Oestrogen receptor negative (ER-negative)
- Progesterone receptor negative (PR-negative)
- HER2-negative
Glossary term
Metastatic breast cancer
Breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body such as the bones, lungs, liver or brain. Also called secondary breast cancer, metastases, advanced breast cancer, or stage 4 breast cancer.
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