Vicky Phelan: 'If I go quiet, you will know that I am probably just about coping'

She says she hopes to update her supporters throughout her treatment

Vicky Phelan has had her first round of radiotherapy

Campaigner Vicky Phelan says she has completed her first day of radiotherapy treatment, which she hopes will ease the pain in her back.

“On my way home now after finishing round one of a 10-session course of radiation to relieve pain in my spine,” she writes on Instagram, sharing a picture of the bed where she is undergoing treatment for her cancer.