'I was sure I was going to die,' says woman who underwent mastectomy while pregnant

Alicia Lynch was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time when pregnant with her third child. She is now living with metastatic cancer

Alicia Lynch living with metastatic breast cancer and says it is something she never expected that she would have to deal with. Picture: Finbarr O’Rourke

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month when a light is shone on the disease which affects around 3,600 women and almost 30 men in this country each year.

Alicia Lynch knows only too well what it is like to have cancer, as having been diagnosed with it on three separate occasions, she is now living with metastatic breast cancer and says it is something she never expected that she would have to deal with.