Joanna Ing

Derechos de autor de la imagen Peter Bagnall Image caption Solo 390 hombres frente a 55.000 mujeres son diagnosticados con cáncer de mama cada año en Reino Unido. El cáncer de mama es una enfermedad que afecta abrumadoramente a las mujeres, pero los hombres también la padecen. Peter Bagnall es uno de ellos.

Image copyright Peter Bagnall Breast cancer is a disease that overwhelmingly affects women, but men get it too. Peter Bagnall is one of them. Peter, 56, who is from Birmingham, got in touch with BBC Radio 5 Live during a discussion about women choosing to "go flat" instead of having reconstruction after breast cancer. Here, in this own words, is Peter's story of how he struggled following his breast cancer diagnosis, and how he and his partner Lorraine, who also had the condition, coped.

Image copyright Peter Bagnall Breast cancer is a disease that overwhelmingly affects women, but men get it too. Peter Bagnall is one of them. Peter, 56, who is from Birmingham, got in touch with BBC Radio 5 Live during a discussion about women choosing to "go flat" instead of having reconstruction after breast cancer. Here, in this own words, is Peter's story of how he struggled following his breast cancer diagnosis, and how he and his partner Lorraine, who also had the condition, coped.