A hospital nurse found herself needing treatment from her colleagues after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Kerry Noble, from Broadstairs, is a theatre co-ordinator and senior sister at QEQM Hospital in Margate.
But she ended up in one of the theatres where she works after a routine mammogram detected the disease.
Ms Noble - who has lost four out of five of her aunts to breast cancer - attended a routine screening in 2023 in a mobile unit in a supermarket car park, and then received a letter inviting her to further tests.
Initially, she was not concerned, as she had previously been diagnosed with cysts that had been picked up during a screening.
She was also dealing with the unexpected death of her mum and moving into a new house on her own.
But further tests revealed suspected cancer, and the grandmother was given the devastating diagnosis just days before her mother's funeral.
She said: "I was actually away, supporting my dad, and when my phone rang with an unknown number, my heart sank.
"I have a strong family history, with four out of five aunts who died from breast cancer, and one of my cousins has also been diagnosed, so I knew the routine mammograms were really important.
"Even though I was expecting it, it was still hard to hear, but (my consultant) Mr Anil Poddar was fantastic and sorted out all my appointments over the phone that day."
Kerry had a mastectomy with reconstruction, but experienced complications during and after the operation.
She said: "I had recently reconnected with three friends I trained with back in 1986; we shared a flat back then.
"They really stepped up and put together a rota so they could all look after me and take me to appointments for the first two weeks.
"Three colleagues, Karen, Andrea and Kelly, were also amazing and helped shower me, cooked dinners, and changed dressings. Without them all, I wouldn't have coped."
"It was a bit of a shock to the system - I could assist with a mastectomy as a scrub nurse, so I knew what was involved, but I had no idea what would come before or after.
"My motto is one day at a time, and that's exactly what I did."
Despite anxiety about feeling vulnerable during procedures, she says the team "really looked after her" with the radiologist even giving her a hug when she got upset.
Ms Noble needed eight months off work and has had to adjust her role because of the after-effects of her treatment.
She said her colleagues' care was "faultless" and organised a charity cake sale as a way of saying thank you and raising money for breast cancer care.
She baked more than 100 cupcakes, cheesecakes and other treats for colleagues to share on the second anniversary of her surgery.
She said: "I have always baked, but last year I wasn't well enough, so this year I decided I would go for it.
"It was a better way to remember that day, by giving back to my colleagues and raising money for charity.
"We raised £820 for Breast Cancer UK, which was absolutely amazing, and everyone got together and had a brilliant time; it was a real morale booster.
"I have been very open about my journey, and people will come and talk to me about their own worries or something a family member is going through, and I'm always happy to listen and share my own experiences.
"It has been difficult, and I will never be the same person I was two years ago, but I have a new grandson to enjoy, and new adventures to look forward to."