In a deeply personal revelation, BBC broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire revealed that she wrote farewell letters to her sons before undergoing a mastectomy, fearing she might not survive the procedure, amid her cancer.
This confession came during her appearance on the podcast Happy Mum, Happy Baby.
The popular podcast is hosted by presenter Giovanna Fletcher.
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During the podcast, Victoria discussed the emotions and fears that crossed her mind back in 2015 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The news was as devastating to her family as it was to her.
She recalled how her then 11-year-old son Oliver was angry when she broke the news. Meanwhile, her eight-year-old son Joe found the period “stressful”.
This magnified her anxieties about not waking up from the operation.
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