Emma Mhic Mhathúna: The cancer has spread to my brain. I’m not scared, just heartbroken

Magnificently heroic despite a savage prognosis, Emma Mhic Mhathúna, victim of mis-read smear tests, has revealed that her cancer has spread to her brain.

“Found out today the cancer has spread to my brain, I’m not scared just heartbroken. I love my life, my children and all of you my new found friends,” Ms Mhic Mhathúna, aged 37, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

Despite staring down the barrel of seizures and loss of speech and concentration, she somehow found the strength to break this news gently to her children, telling them “they might be delighted that there comes a day when mammy won’t be talking”.