Dear cancer, love Victoria - Victoria Derbyshire

Fully updated to include a new introduction by Lynda Thomas, CEO of Macmillan Cancer Support.

'I can't bear not to be with these three most important people in my
life. I can't bear not to be there alongside Mark as my children grow
up. My bright, funny, affectionate boys who are never embarrassed to
say, "love you mummy", and say it ten times day.'

Renowned
as a much-loved and highly respected BBC journalist, Victoria
Derbyshire has spent 20 years finding the human story behind the
headlines. In 2015 she found herself at the heart of the news, with a
devastating breast cancer diagnosis. With honesty and openness, she
decided to live out her treatment and recovery in the spotlight in a
series of video diaries that encouraged thousands to seek diagnosis and
help.

Victoria has kept a diary since she was nine years old and
in DEAR CANCER, LOVE VICTORIA she shares her day to day experiences of
life following her diagnosis and coming to terms with a future that
wasn't planned. From the moment she woke up to find her right breast had
collapsed, to telling her partner and children, through to mastectomy
and chemotherapy. From wearing a wig to work and hiding it from her
colleagues, to the relief and joy of finishing treatment before
immediately flying to Glasgow to present a debate on the European
Referendum.

By sharing her story, she became the person that
mums, daughters, sisters, husbands, boyfriends and family members
contacted to thank as they tried to find ways to cope with their own and
their loved ones' prognosis, and needed to know that they were not
alone.

Victoria's story is an affecting and at times
heart-breaking one but it is so often laugh-out-loud too. Moving,
wonderfully heartwarming and ultimately uplifting, this is a powerful
account of a brave struggle told with honesty, courage and emotion that
gives strength to anyone touched by cancer.