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| Mum in Cornwall says lockdown with cancer was a 'numbing routine' | Mum in Cornwall says lockdown with cancer was a 'numbing routine' |
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| Samantha O'Sullivan said she was had cervical cancer when the first lockdown hit the UK in 2020 | |
| A mum of three who was dealing with cervical cancer when lockdown first happened said it was a "claustrophobic, numbing routine". | A mum of three who was dealing with cervical cancer when lockdown first happened said it was a "claustrophobic, numbing routine". |
| Samantha O'Sullivan was 35 years old when the first lockdown was announced on 23 March 2020 and was living in a flat in St Austell, Cornwall, with her three children, Leo, 14, Calvin, nine, and two-year-old Lowenna. | |
| She said with her immune system compromised by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, self-isolation was a matter of "life and death". | She said with her immune system compromised by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, self-isolation was a matter of "life and death". |
| "If you asked me to do it again I couldn't, I couldn't," said Ms O'Sullivan. | "If you asked me to do it again I couldn't, I couldn't," said Ms O'Sullivan. |
| The mum-of-three said the strain of her treatment combined with lockdown nearly broke her | The mum-of-three said the strain of her treatment combined with lockdown nearly broke her |
| She said: "Life in the flat became a claustrophobic, numbing routine. | She said: "Life in the flat became a claustrophobic, numbing routine. |
| "It was like rolling a tape, then at the end of the day you would just rewind it then play it again. | "It was like rolling a tape, then at the end of the day you would just rewind it then play it again. |
| "Get up, sort the kids out, home school tea, bed." | "Get up, sort the kids out, home school tea, bed." |
| She said the strain of her treatment combined with lockdown nearly broke her. | She said the strain of her treatment combined with lockdown nearly broke her. |
| Samantha O'Sullivan said being in the flat during the lockdowns sent her on a "real low" | Samantha O'Sullivan said being in the flat during the lockdowns sent her on a "real low" |
| Ms O'Sullivan said: "Being in the flat sent me on a real low." | Ms O'Sullivan said: "Being in the flat sent me on a real low." |
| "It's as if the world died for a year... there was absolutely nothing." | "It's as if the world died for a year... there was absolutely nothing." |
| She recorded her daily struggles in a series of video diaries for BBC South West and reflecting on them had brought up the scale of struggles she faced during the lockdowns. | She recorded her daily struggles in a series of video diaries for BBC South West and reflecting on them had brought up the scale of struggles she faced during the lockdowns. |
| Five years on, Ms O'Sullivan said she was now cancer free and still living in St Austell but in a new house with her two youngest children. | Five years on, Ms O'Sullivan said she was now cancer free and still living in St Austell but in a new house with her two youngest children. |
| She added: "I went through hell, it was rough, I was sick all the time, it was not good but I am here today and I am well and the kids are glad to have their mum." | She added: "I went through hell, it was rough, I was sick all the time, it was not good but I am here today and I am well and the kids are glad to have their mum." |
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