Cancer complications led to stroke for Cornwall travel writer
Anna Ridley suffered a rare stroke shortly after her second session of chemotherapy for cervical cancer. Following an unusual and rare occurrence, she developed the mastoiditis infection which led to a blood clot in the brain, and on New Year’s Eve, her mother and eight brothers and sisters were told that Anna wasn’t likely to make it through the night, so to say their goodbyes. She was aged just 38. But she did pull through against the odds, and now she is sharing her story ahead of World Cancer Day on February 4 to highlight the power of research and the work of the charity Cancer...