Cure of the Victim's of Breast Cancer
"Time is ticking for a lot of the people we're interacting with on a regular basis and at times it's frustrating that we can't work faster."
Breast cancer victim Natalie Murphy, 32, was one of those people.
Murphy revealed the huge emotional impact breast cancer had on her life in a video filmed in November, 20 months after she was diagnosed with the disease.
The video, which is calling for donations to help support finding a cure, was launched on the Breast Cancer Research Trust Facebook page today.
Murphy said in the video: "Greg (her husband) remembers telling me that he felt something in my breast, but still in my mind I said it's not cancer, it's something else." But Murphy was told it was cancer, and was in her liver and possibly in her lungs.
Murphy said the woman who broke the news to her burst into tears when she told her: "Unfortunately we can't save you, you are now terminal."
"I had no idea how much time I had and I had to wait two days before I could see my oncologist to find out if I had weeks, months, years."
Finding a cure
Murphy said nobody deserves to get cancer and "it's really sad in this day and age that we don't have cures".
Shelling told Breakfast researchers would like to be able to turn breast cancer into a chronic disease by 2018, so most women diagnosed will survive and go on to live a normal and happy life.
He said breast cancer is a complicated disease that must be found early for the best possible treatment.
"We know that each woman presents with an individual cancer and we're working with the breast cancer research trust to come up with ways to pick up cancer more earlier through blood tests."
A husband's shock
Murphy's husband Greg told Breakfast it was a shock when he found out his wife had incurable cancer. He said she tried a lot of contemporary treatments to fight the cancer.
Greg Murphy said Natalie did the video because she wanted to get her story out there and show that in her case it was not hereditary.
He said she also wanted to make women under 45 aware of the dangers.
Greg Murphy told Breakfast finding a cure was important for Natalie and she would be "ticking another box in her life" if one was found.
Murphy lost her battle with cancer and died in December last year.
Breast cancer victim Natalie Murphy, 32, was one of those people.
Murphy revealed the huge emotional impact breast cancer had on her life in a video filmed in November, 20 months after she was diagnosed with the disease.
The video, which is calling for donations to help support finding a cure, was launched on the Breast Cancer Research Trust Facebook page today.
Murphy said in the video: "Greg (her husband) remembers telling me that he felt something in my breast, but still in my mind I said it's not cancer, it's something else." But Murphy was told it was cancer, and was in her liver and possibly in her lungs.
Murphy said the woman who broke the news to her burst into tears when she told her: "Unfortunately we can't save you, you are now terminal."
"I had no idea how much time I had and I had to wait two days before I could see my oncologist to find out if I had weeks, months, years."
Finding a cure
Murphy said nobody deserves to get cancer and "it's really sad in this day and age that we don't have cures".
Shelling told Breakfast researchers would like to be able to turn breast cancer into a chronic disease by 2018, so most women diagnosed will survive and go on to live a normal and happy life.
He said breast cancer is a complicated disease that must be found early for the best possible treatment.
"We know that each woman presents with an individual cancer and we're working with the breast cancer research trust to come up with ways to pick up cancer more earlier through blood tests."
A husband's shock
Murphy's husband Greg told Breakfast it was a shock when he found out his wife had incurable cancer. He said she tried a lot of contemporary treatments to fight the cancer.
Greg Murphy said Natalie did the video because she wanted to get her story out there and show that in her case it was not hereditary.
He said she also wanted to make women under 45 aware of the dangers.
Greg Murphy told Breakfast finding a cure was important for Natalie and she would be "ticking another box in her life" if one was found.
Murphy lost her battle with cancer and died in December last year.
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