'Send that text': 'Cancer ghosted' mother urges people to reach out after loved ones' diagnosis

'Send that text': 'Cancer ghosted' mother urges people to reach out after loved ones' diagnosis

Donna Kelly undergoing treatment for breast cancer. 'I've got the all-clear from cancer now but you never get the all-clear. It is a lifetime diagnosis.'

A mother who experienced 'cancer ghosting' while undergoing treatment has urged people to "just send a text" when a loved one is diagnosed with the disease.

Donna Kelly, 43, said she never heard of the term 'cancer ghosting' until she realised that a lot of her friends had stopped contacting her as she battled breast cancer.

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