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Ricky Gervais’s long term partner diagnosed with breast cancer

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YiddlySquat · 12/03/2026 17:25

This is extremely sad - and she had no symptoms but it was found during a routine mammogram and was luckily caught early

https://mol.im/a/15640319

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ismiledather · 14/03/2026 17:39

@AnnaMagnani @BauhausOfEliott

I have triple negative. We don’t have those odds unfortunately.

I certainly wasn’t being doom and gloom and @BauhausOfEliotti had someone tell me all the people they knew who had died of cancer while I stood trying to keep poker face. At the other end of the scale you have people who think having breast cancer is nothing. That you have the treatment and you are fine.

Apologies if I upset or offended either one of you.

bringthewashingin · 14/03/2026 18:13

BlossomBlossomBlossom · 12/03/2026 17:47

So why didn’t the OP lead with that?

Ask her…

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 15/03/2026 00:25

ismiledather · 14/03/2026 17:39

@AnnaMagnani @BauhausOfEliott

I have triple negative. We don’t have those odds unfortunately.

I certainly wasn’t being doom and gloom and @BauhausOfEliotti had someone tell me all the people they knew who had died of cancer while I stood trying to keep poker face. At the other end of the scale you have people who think having breast cancer is nothing. That you have the treatment and you are fine.

Apologies if I upset or offended either one of you.

You are correct@ismiledatherthat no one can be certain they are cured. Anyone diagnosed with breast cancer could have a recurrence and we all dread it.
i actually haven’t told many people of my diagnosis last August so I haven’t had any thoughtless comments. It would have been different if I had needed chemo of course. My treatment is complete, apart from the 5 years of letrozole.
I hope you are doing ok.

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ismiledather · 16/03/2026 18:16

@LeftBoobGoneRogue great user name. I told people I wouldn’t have done because of the chemo but I needn’t have because I cold capped and kept my har. I would tell very few people if I had a recurrence.

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