A mother-of-four with breast most cancers has turned down typical therapy and as an alternative plans to treatment her sickness by a mix of wholesome consuming, bitter almonds and purified water.
Sarah Valentine, 36, of Bethersden, Kent, was provided both a full mastectomy or a lumpectomy and radiotherapy on the NHS - however she has defied medical recommendation by declining each choices.
As a substitute, she has overhauled her eating regimen to get rid of meat and dairy.
Sarah, whose cable jointer boyfriend, Richard, 35, backs her resolution, is aware of some folks will assume she is making a mistake - however she is adamant her resolution is the appropriate one.
'I am a mum to 4 youngsters - Jesse, 15, Poppy, 5 Teddy, 4, Billy, one,' she mentioned. 'They're my precedence and I'm not irresponsible.
Sarah Valentine, 36, has defied medical recommendation by refusing surgical procedure to deal with her most cancers
Sarah along with her three eldest youngsters - Teddy in Jesse's arms, and Poppy to Sarah's left - on vacation in Spain in August 2014
Sarah along with her youngest son, Billy, pictured right here aged eight months previous, in July 2016
'This isn't a eating regimen, it's life and loss of life.
'I feel by feeding my physique good issues, it would have an effect. I've accomplished a variety of scientific analysis into it.'
Make-up artist Sarah was identified with most cancers after she seen an indentation on her left breast, as she danced bare in entrance of her 60-year-old mum Annie Herbert's mirror in Bermondsey, south London, on December three final 12 months.
Sarah, is now following an alkaline-based vegan eating regimen – believing it would give her one of the best probability of beating the illness, which has beforehand affected a number of members of her household.
The realm of her breast the place Sarah had a biopsy on 22 December 2016
Sarah along with her mum, Annie. She first seen the indentation in her breast whereas at Annie's dwelling in December
Household enjoyable: (Clockwise from high left) Jesse, Teddy, Poppy, Billy and Sarah, at dwelling in October 2016
And she or he hopes her excessive measures will reverse the progress of her presently stage 1 most cancers, which is made up of two tumours measuring 2.1cm by 1.7cm and 1cm by 1cm.
'If it would not work, I'll rethink my choices, however at this stage I'm attempting this,' she mentioned.
Sarah additionally believes that surgical procedure might harm her well being.
She continued: 'I feel I stand a greater probability doing this than having a mastectomy right away.
'I imagine if I had a mastectomy I might be lifeless inside 10 years. That is about therapeutic my physique again to well being.
'I am 100% positive that my most cancers is emotional.
'I have been dealt some actually horrible fingers in my 36 years, however that is all up to now and I might actually like to indicate the Huge C the door.'
Sarah along with her daughter, Teddy, in December 2016, the identical month her most cancers was identified
Sarah and her teenage son Jesse celebrating her 36th birthday in February 2016
Sarah's eating regimen was by no means dangerous. She would eat free-range eggs, well-sourced meat and good high quality butter.
Moreover, she was cautious to not take hormones in tablets or her meals and favoured pure merchandise.
'I used bicarbonate of soda as an alternative of deodorant, by no means had any hormones in prescribed drugs or meals, ate healthily and breastfed all my youngsters,' she mentioned. 'I could not imagine that I acquired in poor health.'
Sarah found her lump after stepping out of the bathe and dancing in entrance of the mirror.
Sarah simply after giving start to her son Billy, on 22 November 2015
Sarah at a pal's wedding ceremony, with Billy, aged eight months, in July 2016
'I assumed I might misplaced weight, so was dancing round a bit,' she defined. 'It was then I seen the lump.' Two days later, on December 5, she headed to her GP, who referred her to the breast clinic.
On December 19, at Buckland Hospital in Dover, Kent, a physician examined her and, involved, referred her to Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, for an ultrasound, needle biopsy and mammogram.
Nevertheless it was not till December 30 at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, that her most cancers was confirmed.
'I knew already,' she recalled. 'As quickly as I noticed the indentation and felt a lump I realised.'
Sarah along with her son Jesse, in August 2016
Sarah kissing her daughter Teddy, with Billy (within the center), at a guardian and baby rave, in September 2016
Sadly, this isn't the primary time Sarah has been affected by most cancers.
Shut relations have had it and her childhood pal, skilled footballer Ernie Cooksey, died in 2008, aged 27, after battling pores and skin most cancers.
'Possibly my expertise of the sickness has made it simpler for me to manage,' she mentioned. 'I've seen folks undergo chemotherapy and be very in poor health in consequence.
'And I've heard about others having mastectomies and nonetheless not surviving.'
Now Sarah is talking out to make folks conscious that breast most cancers can have an effect on anybody and lump is only one signal. She hopes to get #Shakeyourtits – a hashtag encouraging folks to look at their breasts for adjustments together with lumps, indentions, adjustments to the pores and skin and bumps – trending.
She mentioned: 'We should always all be shaking, massaging, feeling our means round to identify any adjustments in our breasts as quickly as potential.'
Sarah additionally wants £30,000 to fund her pure therapy.
'I must get vitamin C drips, dietary supplements, a water distiller, thermo imaging to examine tumour shrinkage and hormone-testing studies,' she mentioned.
If you need to assist Sarah, please go to her GoFundMe web page.
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