RHOC Nermina Pieters-Mekic ‘Finding out I had cancer while pregnant put me in an unthinkable position’
ok.co.ukFormer Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Nermina Pieters-Mekic says being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer shortly after discovering she was pregnant left her in an unbearable position.
Speaking exclusively to OK!, the 33-year-old explained that she received her devastating diagnosis just a few weeks after taking a positive pregnancy test.The television star, who is married to West Bromwich Albion footballer Erik, 35, and mum to two-year-old Alaya, was told by doctors earlier this summer that the lump she'd found in her left breast was indeed cancerous. “I was pregnant when I found out I had cancer, it broke my heart we couldn’t keep the baby – nobody should ever find themselves in that unthinkable position,” she said.
Nermina, who lives with her family in Wilmslow, Cheshire, decided to share her heart-breaking experience to help raise awareness of breast cancer in young women.
She said her own diagnosis - which came just 10 days after her 33rd birthday - wasn't something she expected, even in her "wildest dreams". “I never in my wildest dreams thought this would happen to me.
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