A MOTHER from Abererch who is battling cancer has raised almost £3,000 for the hospital ward where she is being treated.

Donna McClelland has raised £2,962.36 for Ysbyty Gwynedd’s Alaw Unit, where she has received regular treatment since being diagnosed with secondary breast cancer, which has now spread to her liver, bones and lungs.

The 39-year-old was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, at the age of 35, and needed an emergency mastectomy in December 2011.

After the operation, doctors told her the cancer had spread into her lymph nodes, and she had a second operation.

In 2012 Donna was told her body was clear of cancer, but she underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy throughout the year.

Sadly it was three and a half years later that Donna was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer.

The mother of six-year-old Danial and 10-year-old Cian has been told her condition is incurable and she is undergoing palliative chemotherapy in Alaw Ward in Ysbyty Gwynedd on a weekly basis.

Donna, who previously worked for Dunn & Ellis Chartered Accountants in Porthmadog, says she is now remaining positive for her children.

She said: “I have been open and honest with my children about my treatment and condition from the start; they know everything which I thought was very important.”

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