40 - special in so many ways. Finally married to the love of my life who I met as a teenager, three gorgeous and amazing children and happy. When I was diagnosed a few weeks after my birthday I realised that what I really enjoyed doing was planning - holidays, parties, meetings, pick ups, snacks, supper anything really. Suddenly I felt I couldn't plan at all. It is the most horrific and devastating news but there are positives to be taken. Friends stepped forward to prove themselves extraordinary, others stepped back and proved themselves not. I learnt all the things you should Never say to any one who has been diagnosed and how so few people know what to say. For those people who do have the right words - their value is limitless and they are special. I enjoy every single moment, I listen to my children intently (even when it's all about a level on a Playstation game) and I Know that whilst I have been unlucky I am also one of the luckiest people alive.

Sarah Collicott
Warwick, United Kingdom