A TAYNUILT woman whose life was saved by breast screening is urging women not to ignore routine appointments.
Kathy Murgatroyd was shocked when a routine appointment three years ago uncovered cancer. The former outdoors instructor, who is now in remission but still has yearly check-ups, had no signs anything was wrong and had always taken up routine screening invitations when the mobile breast unit came to Oban in 2015.
‘I just went along as usual. I had no signs whatsoever but when the results letter came back three weeks later it was a fat letter and I thought that doesn’t look like good news - it wasn’t.