‘I was alone when I was told I had cancer – I sat there crying into my face mask’
Coronavirus restrictions in hospitals have left victims with no choice but to be given a diagnosis without family support
24 January 2021 • 5:00pm
Lindsey Roe says the strain of her cancer battle has been difficult on her children, Emily (6) and Claire (9)
Credit: Julian Simmonds/The Telegraph
Over the Easter weekend last year, Lindsey Roe discovered a lump in her breast. The country had been in lockdown for nearly three weeks. But for Roe, 35, the year was about to take another turn.
“I’ve had a benign tumour in the past so I check my breasts regularly,” says Roe. “I Googled it and was reassured – cancer is quite low down on the list. I decided to leave it, but it got bigger.”