Why Not Me?: The Battle for My Life and My Baby

Paperback Published on: 04/03/2010
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Synopsis

Mandy McMillan was not a fighter. She was ordinary: a hairdresser, a party girl, a bit of a coward when it came to all things medical. The worst she'd ever fought was a cold.
Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 - the second in her group of five friends to be struck down by the disease. She'd had a one in 1,900 chance of getting it. Her cancer was incurable; chemotherapy almost killed her, her body was so ravaged that she almost gave up, but Mandy battled on. Her one stroke of good fortune? The arrival of new wonder-drug, Herceptin.
Then a miracle happened: Mandy gave birth to Britain's first Herceptin baby, a little girl conceived, carried and born to a mum on long-term treatment. A drug saved Mandy McMillan, now a daughter called Holly is keeping her alive. And she will fight every single day to see her child grow up.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 9780755360581
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 28 mm
  • Weight: 248g
  • Languages: English

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