I’ve known my best friend Kimberley since we were 17.
We went to the same dance college, and when she joined in my second year, I thought she was amazing. We clicked instantly.
We were inseparable, seeing out the rest of our teens side by side. Since then, we’ve been on a few holidays together. I was even her bridesmaid when she got married in the Dominican Republic – and she was mine.
Sadly, Kimberley experienced the sorrow of cancer when she was young, as her mum passed away with breast cancer the year after we met, aged 18. It was my first experience of breast cancer, and I was devastated for her.
So, when I found a lump below my left nipple in June 2020, she was the first person I called.