I won't let secondary breast cancer stop me from travelling
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Travel blogger Jenni Sheldon tells us how she’s as determined as ever to see the world, despite her cancer diagnosis.
oing back five years, I was scared of flying. I would never have considered going further than Europe, even though I dreamt of travelling the world. Fast forward a couple of years and I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It made me realise what genuine fear was. I thought, if I can get through chemotherapy and side effects of cancer treatment, I can sit on a plane for a
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few hours. My travel adventures really started.
Planning my trips During treatment, I kept dreaming of all the places I was going to visit. It got
me through the dark days. When I was at my lowest, I would plan the places I was going to see when I got well again. I didn’t have a family or work to concentrate on and I really think it helped me get through the treatment. It took me over a year to have the physical strength, as well as the courage, to do my first major trip outside of Europe.