In February 2021, at the age of 50, she was diagnosed with breast cancer after attending her first screening. She credits the procedure with saving her life, as without it she would never have known she was ill. Attending the check-up also enabled her to get the treatment she needed as quickly as possible. "If I’d not gone to that first mammogram and waited another couple of years, my story could have been so different - I could have been saying goodbye to my loved ones," says Sarah.