Two women with incurable breast cancer formed a 17-year friendship over more than 600 rounds of chemotherapy between them.
Margie Shields, from Knotty Ash, kept a close eye on her health after seeing her mum and sister go through breast cancer, so when she felt a pain "like a nagging toothache" in her breast, she "just sensed there was something wrong". After a visit to the Royal Liverpool Hospital, doctors diagnosed Margie with breast cancer.
She was "devastated" and was only expected to live another year or two, but after 20 years, more than 300 rounds of chemotherapy, and the removal of both her breasts, Margie is still going strong. Her breast cancer, which spread to the bones in her chest and shoulder, is incurable and requires lifelong treatment, but she credits constant developments in medicine for keeping her alive.
