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Sarah’s Story
Sarah was diagnosed with ocular melanoma
Sarah added:
in 2024. It all started when she woke up and
noticed that her left eye was a little blurry. It
got worse over the following days.
If you ask me how I have finally found
the courage to tell my story, it’s for one
simple reason – and that’s to try and give
She thought she just needed glasses.
something back to the most amazing
However, after further tests and scans at
people at Moorfields Eye Hospital, who
Moorfields, she was told she had a tumour.
unfortunately had to take something from
She was then seen by the oncology team,
me, but just as quickly gave me my life
who diagnosed her with ocular melanoma, a
back to spend with my family, friends and
form of cancer.
my greatest gifts of all… my two sons.
Sarah said:
Inspired by the care she has received at
Moorfields, Sarah is now fundraising to help
I’ve never been so scared or upset in all my
support other patients.
life, but the staff at Moorfields were second
to none. They gave me one-to-one care,
Thanks to funding from Moorfields Eye Charity,
took time to comfort me and made me feel
clinicians are exploring new therapeutic
reassured that I would be ok, and for this I
targets and treatment strategies for eye
will forever be grateful for their kindness.
cancer, as well as advancing research into
ocular prosthetics, including 3D printing based
Out of the options available, Sarah decided to
on individual patient data. This research
have her eye removed. Later that year, she
has the potential to improve the quality of
received a prosthetic eye from the Moorfields
prosthetics while reducing waiting times.
prosthetics department.
Sarah’s advice to others is to have regular eye
checks. The type of cancer she was diagnosed
with grows slowly and can often be detected
early during a routine eye test at an optician.
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