Orlagh Winters: ' I was given a 20% chance of living"
Orlagh Winters is a hugely popular social media personality, a style judge for some of Ireland's biggest race meetings, a mediator and presenter for events and a businesswoman and fundraiser for charities particularly close to her heart as she is a survivor of breast cancer. Orlagh was only eight months married and aged thirty-six when she was given a twenty percent chance of living because her cancer was so aggressive and she had no lump, just pain in her left breast but something was telling her to get it checked out. She had surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy which made her extremely ill and because it was a hormone-based tumour, she was put into early menopause which shattered her dreams of having a family. Orlagh's marriage then broke down and she says of everything she has been through including cancer, divorce nearly broke her. Orlagh has been dealt some very hard blows in life but as you will hear, she doesn't take herself too seriously, she has a great sense of humour and she also has a defiant spirit. Now at fifty, she is loving life and she has her happy ending as she is about to marry the love of her life. She says, "take me as I am or don't take me" one of many brilliant mottos for life you are about to learn from the amazing Orlagh.
We talk about:
- Coping with her cancer diagnosis
- Her biggest regret
- Why divorce nearly broke her
- Where her resilience comes from
- Embracing her fifties
- Her happy ending
Follow Orlagh:
@orlaghnwinters
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