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Reah Steer, 34, from Windsor in Berkshire, described enduring years of agony and being prescribed the contraceptive pill, which only disguised the disease.

The pills are taken daily, which can be difficult for patients to consume, and can carry stigma in certain societies.

Hanifa says she bought them at a pharmacy, saying she wanted sleeping pills for herself.

Last year, the cancer reappeared in her spine and she was immediately prescribed chemotherapy pills and hormone treatment.

If you go into the caregiving world, they talk about care like: “Here’s your pills, here’s the food and we have some music coming in.”