Becca's story - Ovarian Cancer

As a child, Becca was inspired to be a doctor after watching a documentary about Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Her mum Monica said: "She just decided from that moment on that's what she wanted to become, and she did! She just loved being a doctor and we were just so proud of her."

In 2023, Becca was working at Poole Hospital when she started noticing symptoms.

Her sister Sophie said: “She basically couldn’t go to the toilet and then she noticed that her tummy was swollen for a few days.”

The consultant decided to send her for a scan and further tests followed.

In February 2024, she was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and was initially treated on the ward she had worked on.

Sophie said: "She became the patient and was being looked after by her colleagues. It was so hard seeing her so weak and ill."

She had surgery followed by chemotherapy. She finished her course of treatment in August 2024 and the initial results looked positive.

Becca was hopeful of returning to work, but then she felt her tummy was swollen again.

Doctors said there were no more treatment options. It was devastating for the family.

Becca's Dad, Martin: "When you're told there is no hope, you've got nothing left to say."

Becca's brother Matthew said, "We'd been doing shifts so that there was someone with her at all times. I had her head on my shoulder and I cuddled her like that."

Monica said “Matthew got up and I sat with her on the bed and again she lay into my shoulder. When she came into this world, I held her, and as she left this world I held her too.”

Becca died in September 2024.

Sophie said: “If I picture her right now it’s this gorgeous brown hair, these big brown eyes, this huge smile. She was genuinely one of a kind.”

In tribute to Becca, all the family have special tattoos in Becca’s memory, including handwritten phrases she wrote in cards to them and a picture she had drawn.

They are supporting Stand Up To Cancer to keep Becca's memory alive and continue her work of helping others.