Sarah Ferguson has said that when the doctors give the news, it diagnoses a few months apart from “like a death sentence”.
The 65 -year -old York’s Duchess was diagnosed with a deadly melanoma in last January – a blow diagnosis that came six months later for treatment for breast cancer and breast reconstruction surgery.
Ferguson admitted that the experience was “painful”, but said that his two back-to-back health was in his sixties meant that he had “maturity and life experience”.
Write Many times In support of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s campaign #andyoungpeople, Duchess expressed concern that teenagers were not taken as seriously by doctors as it was.
“I was 63 years old when I first came to know of cancer and cancer at any age is painful,” he said. “But as adults we have maturity and life experience that helps us to advocate for ourselves and face challenges.
“We can take help if we need it and most importantly that we have voices, sad, often taken more seriously.”
About half of teenagers and young adults suffering from cancer were to see their GPS more than three times before they were sent to experts, Research found since 2023,
Ferguson, a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust, will visit a cancer unit supported by charity on this Wednesday (23 April) on this Wednesday (23 April), with a mentor of the Teenage Cancer Trust, Princess Beatris, 36, and 35 -year -old Rajkumari Yujni.
After his visit, the Kishore Cancer Trust gave a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, asking the teenagers to consider in the National Cancer Scheme for England.
The Department of Health and Social Care launched a call for evidence in February to help shape a National Cancer Scheme.
Bliprint is expected to be announced at the end of this year and will underline the strategy to improve cancer care in the UK, which has recently reached the “important braking point” in recent weeks.
Earlier this year, Ferguson opened about the “dark place” after his double cancer diagnosis, announcing that the health felt like a “bomb in my life”.
“Is enough to deal with a diagnosis, but I had two in one year space. I have no objection to admitting that my mind went to some dark places, which reflects my own mortality,” she said.
Ferguson said: “My family has been a great support for me during this period. I have used meditation and mindfulness to help stay positive and balanced.”
