Shona and Andy's incredible love story is in this week's Woman's Own
At Talk to the Press we love stories with a happy ending – and we know you do too! Nothing could be more inspirational than Shona Clark’s story about how falling in love saved her life.
Shona, 36, is convinced she wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her husband Andy, 37, after he persuaded her to have a smear test which detected her cervical cancer before it was too late, and this week her amazing story appears in Woman’s Own.
Shona met Andy in January last year on the dating site eHarmony and after a whirlwind romance he asked her to marry him in May that year. But he also asked her to do something else – see a doctor.
For several years Shona had been experiencing bleeding between her periods but had been fobbed off by no less than seven doctors, who said there was nothing wrong with her and it was simply a side effect of the contraceptive pill. It was only because of Andy’s nagging that Shona eventually sought a second opinion. Shona was devastated when she was told the cancer was in its early stages but had already spread to her lymph nodes.
Shona had to delay her wedding while she had a radical hysterectomy and underwent gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but finally she was able to walk down the aisle with Andy in October last year.
Shona is all too aware that, if it wasn’t for her concerned husband, she might never have seen that day come. She says: “As I said my vows I couldn’t help thinking that it was all thanks to Andy that I’m alive now. Andy means so much to me and I’m convinced that falling in love with him saved my life.’
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