Sharon Williams is now encouraging people to donate or wear Cancer Research UK s Unity Band (Image: Cancer Research UK)
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A Staffordshire family has seen their lives torn apart after three generations all inherited the same faulty cancer gene.
She also had to be rushed to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny with an infection and an allergic reaction to one of her treatments, spending five days there without visitors due to coronavirus restrictions. That experience has been the worst part of all of this, not seeing my family when I really needed them was so hard. she said. The doctors and nurses were great, but I really wanted to be with my loved ones. My husband even drove to the car park and called me so I could wave at him and the children from the window.” Her experiences with cancer have stood her in good stead recently, as she launched charity Cancer Research UK’s World Cancer campaign in Wales, to mark World Cancer Day today.