If you've been with us since the beginning, thanks for staying around!!
Honestly, WCSUK would be nothing without the many wonderful #PeachSisters who have joined us over the years.
Some leave when they no longer feel they need support or get the all clear, and others stay around, as part of our private FB support group to offer support to the newly diagnosed who find us.
WCSUK has never been about me - its about all of us. The FB support group is full of wonderful ladies, always ready to offer support and advice and a shoulder to cry on when needed.
Over the years we have raised much needed awareness as despite womb cancer being the most common gynae cancer, it gets very little media attention unlike the more well known cancers like ovarian and cervical.
I have done a few radio interviews, written several articles for our local paper, held awareness events & coffee mornings here on the island, written countless blog posts for other womens health related websites. Many of our ladies from around the UK have done similar things including giving talks, attending events on behalf of WCSUK in Westminster & Holyrood and even appearing on Stand Up 2 Cancer.
We held meet ups in Birmingham in 2013/14/15 where some of our wonderful ladies travelled from across the UK for a weekend of fun, laughter and a fair bit of awareness raising.
It's been hard work, mainly because my health has been slowly deteriorating over the years, but over the past 3+years it has got much worse so I am thankful that we now have Peaches Womb Cancer Trust on the scene. They are a registered charity (I was unable to take WCSUK down that route due to various reasons) and it's great that Peaches is an all female team of gynae health care professionals based in Manchester who are raising awarness & doing research.
So, I can look back on 13 long years of all things peachy; raising awareness of womb cancer & supporting others who had been diagnosed with it. Having met some lovely people along the way, many only online sadly, but they have still become good friends.
Thank you to everyone who has helped to #GiveWombCancerAVoice over the past 13 years.