I had 6 doses of chemotherapy for breast cancer last year, my hair started to fall out before my second dose. However, I've met a woman suffering from a different type of cancer who has had 18 doses of chemotherapy and not lost her hair. I think the soaps can have a difficult job handling cancer story lines, in that most of us will relate to people we know who've had it. Until I was diagnosed with BC I had no idea there are so many different grades/stages of cancer. I know from online BC support groups that there can be a postcode lottery regarding treatment. I think soaps have a responsibility [not sure what exactly responsibility I mean though!] how they portray cancer. There will inevitably be someone viewing who has recently been diagnosed, going through treatment etc. When I was first diagnosed I was unable to discuss anything about it without bursting into tears. Other people cope better. I cannot describe adequately the fear I had about what was to happen.

I will miss Hayley, and may not watch the episode when she dies, the story line has already reduced me to tears.