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Diagnosis coming from some of the earlier conversations i had at the kind of testing, scanning, diagnosis stage... yeah, different when youre actually told, isnt it? yeah. the hard bits, though, were telling other people, and telling people that i love and care about. and in fact, the very first person i told was matt, who runs my office and is my election agent and organises for the election. and the reason i chose to speak to matt first was because i was processing this news, i hadnt bawled my...

Was because i was processing this news, i hadnt bawled my eyes out yet and i knew that the hardest conversation id have would be with my partner, joe, and with my parents. and i wanted to know if i could cope with telling them without breaking down. so i did a trial run on poor matt and told him thats what i was doing. and i thought, "well, ive got to this conversation, im not bawling my eyes out." i mean, inevitably, when i spoke to my partner and my parents i bawled my eyes out. and inevitably...

I bawled my eyes out. and inevitably, you are a politician, you didnt know you were about to become shadow health spokesperson. but inevitably you kind of take a view, you look around you, you make an assessment. yeah. and what did you...? well, funnily enough, matt hancock was one of many people who messaged me. probably best not to dwell too much on matt hancock — but he was one of many people to message me, to wish me well, and i said to matt at the time, who was the health secretary at the...

And with my parents. and i wanted to know if i could cope with telling them without breaking down. so i did a trial run on poor matt and told him thats what i was doing. and i thought, "well, ive got through this conversation, im not bawling my eyes out." i mean, inevitably, when i spoke to my partner and my parents i bawled my eyes out. and inevitably, you are a politician, you didnt know you were about to become shadow health spokesperson. but inevitably you kind of take a view, you look aroun...