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Hannah Fry recalls cancer treatment and separation from her daughters in lockdown
Mathematician Hannah Fry has spoken about her cervical cancer treatment during the Covid lockdown.
At 36, she had a hysterectomy and spent more than a week in hospital without visitors.
She watched her two young daughters at home over FaceTime but chose not to speak to them because she did not want them to see her distressed.
After surgery, doctors warned that her life could still be at risk if the cancer had spread into her lymphatic system.
She waited anxiously for test results before being given the all-clear.
Fry said she now sees the diagnosis as a “gift.”
Her account highlights the isolation of serious illness during lockdown, when restrictions kept loved ones apart.
She shared her experience in an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.
Hannah Fry says she feels “unbelievably lucky” after treatment for cervical cancer.
Cancerous cells were found after she attended a cervical screening in 2020.
She underwent a hysterectomy and later learned that the cancer’s spread through her lymphatic system could affect her chances of survival.
During treatment in the Covid lockdown, she was separated from her two young daughters and watched them at home via FaceTime.
Fry says she recently had her five-year clear.
- Who
- Hannah Fry, a mathematician and BBC presenter.
- What
- She has spoken about cervical cancer treatment, a hysterectomy and being separated from her daughters during lockdown.
- When
- The cancerous cells were found in 2020; she recently had her five-year clear.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated
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Fry attended a cervical screening after delaying it for months, and cancerous cells were later found.
Fry underwent a hysterectomy and was separated from her daughters in hospital during the Covid lockdown.
Fry said she had her five-year clear.
- Diagnosis
- Cervical cancer
- Screening
- 2020
- Treatment
- Hysterectomy
- Family
- Two daughters
- Follow-up
- Five-year clear recently
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What people are saying
I feel so unbelievably lucky.
I didn't want them to see me. It was too much.
I was in this hospital bed on my own.
As awful as that was, it had a full stop at the end of the sentence.