A 33-year-old woman who was told her ovaries were ‘dead’ after being diagnosed with breast cancer is giving birth to her second child – and says her diet changed her with pregnancy
- Gemma Isaacs, 33, from London, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018
- It has a BRCA1 gene mutation that increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer
- She considered having her ovaries removed after doctors declared them ‘dead’.
- But since then she has welcomed a second child with her husband Daryll and credited her diet
A woman whose doctors said her ovaries were ‘dead’ two years after a cancer battle reveals how she gave birth to her second child against the wards – and she’s say that a vegan diet helped her with pregnancy.
Gemma Isaacs, from London, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 at the age of 31 – despite having none of the common symptoms as a lump – before undergoing radiotherapy and double mastectomy.
She was later told she had a BRCA1 gene mutation, which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, which she considered removing her ovaries after doctors declared them ‘dead’ co -less.
However, the 33-year-old has now welcomed a second child with her husband Daryll, 35, and believes she is transitioning to a vegan diet by helping her transform generation system.
Gemma Isaacs (pictured with her husband Daryll and newborn Jack) was told her ovaries were ‘dead’ at age 31 after a cancer battle but she has since had her second child. birth after she went vegan
Gemma, who is already the mother of daughter Ella, told Tyla about her assessment by a gynecologist: ‘He scanned me and told me that my ovaries were basically dead, which it was a real blow.
‘The worst thing someone told me was the whole time I was getting my treatment.’
Determined to grow her family, she began reading about how to stimulate fertility and discovered the possible connections of a plant-based diet.
Gemma decided to go vegan in July and, just four months later, she went to another appointment with her gynecologist.
The couple have since welcomed a healthy boy, named Jack Alfie, who was born last August.
Gemma, who is already the mother of her daughter Ella, was passionate about growing her family, so she started reading about how to encourage pregnancy and discovered the possible connections of a diet based on plants
The development surprised the health care professional and told Gemma that it was as if she had ‘different person’s ovaries’.
She said: ‘He said being vegan was the only thing I could put down, as there was no reason for my ovaries to come back.
‘But he still said I wasn’t going to fall. It was categorical about it. So I told him, “just look at me”. ‘
And Gemma did just that after finding out she was pregnant at Christmas 2019.
Gemma has now decided to have her ovaries removed to reduce the risk of cancer.
The mother of two has gone on to co-find a support group helping young people with genetic cancers called BRCA Sisters
The couple have since welcomed a healthy boy, named Jack Alfie, who was born last August.
Gemma, who currently works from home with a job in advertising, has now decided to have her ovaries removed to reduce the risk of cancer.
She said: ‘It would have been better if I had more children, but I had no control over my diagnosis of breast cancer, and I can control this with my ovaries. ‘
The mother-of-two has gone on to co-find a support group helping young people with genetic cancers called BRCA Sisters.