A County Durham MP candidate has proudly celebrated being cancer-free following treatment three months after she announced her diagnosis.
Mary Kelly Foy, who is standing to be re-elected in Durham City at the general election, announced the news on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday (June 19) with a jubilant video of her ringing the cancer-free bell.
Ms Foy was all smiles and received a round of applause in the emotional video when she rang the bell following rounds of radiotherapy to treat breast cancer.
🔔 Ringing The Bell 💗
— Mary Kelly Foy (@marykfoy) June 19, 2024
What an emotional day.
My radiotherapy treatment is complete & I’m so lucky to be cancer free.
Thanks to everyone for the well wishes & the amazing NHS teams who’ve looked after me at the QE and Freeman hospitals.
You saved my life. pic.twitter.com/Pwo4cdm0Su
In the emotional video, Ms Foy says: "I have just finished my final session of radiotherapy - so now, I am cancer-free.
"I’m going to ring the bell to let everybody know but before I do, I want to say a big thank you to everyone here at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital for all the care and love that you have shown me.
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"And to Rob Milligan And the team at the QE at Gateshead - you guys have literally saved my life. So now, I am going to ring the bell and get on with living the rest of my life."
The Labour candidate first announced she had been diagnosed in March following a breast screening whilst she was still an MP.
Thanks to an early diagnosis, she said at the time she would make a "full recovery" and took some time away from Parliament.
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