Anne Nolan’s Emotional Cancer Update: “I Just Want to Keep Living”
You know, it’s one of those moments you never forget—when Anne Nolan, one of the famous Nolan Sisters, got a letter stamped with the NHS logo. She admitted her heart sank. And honestly, who could blame her? It had been five years since she battled breast cancer for the second time. She’d already gone through surgery, chemo, and radiotherapy—and every check-up since had been clear. But when that envelope landed on her doormat, fear came rushing back.
She hesitated. She pushed it aside. The memory of losing her sisters, Bernie in 2013 and Linda just earlier this year, still weighed heavily on her. So when she finally gathered the courage to open it—and read the words she was desperately hoping for—she cried. Not because she was scared anymore, but because the letter said what she barely dared hope: she was officially cancer-free.
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Anne is now 74, and while the news brought immense relief, it also stirred deep sadness. She couldn’t help but think of her sisters. “I was thrilled,” she said, “but I did feel sad that they weren’t as lucky as I was.” It wasn’t guilt—just heartbreak. And she’s always been clear about that. She doesn’t like it when people say she "fought" cancer. For Anne, surviving it wasn’t about bravery or effort—it was luck. “Linda and Bernie fought hard too,” she said. “It just didn’t work out the same way.”
Her second diagnosis in 2020, during the pandemic, was especially traumatic. She had to go through treatment largely alone—hospitalized for 11 days with no visitors, thanks to COVID restrictions. The isolation hit hard. She developed anxiety, especially about dying. And even now, years later, she says that fear hasn’t totally gone away. “I love being alive,” she says. “I don’t want to die.”
Anne’s two daughters—Amy and Alex—and her three grandkids give her every reason to hang on tight to life. She lights up when talking about them. Her granddaughter plays football, and Anne dreams of living long enough to see her playing for the Lionesses one day. Her grandsons are into music and sports too. All she wants is to see them grow up, to be remembered by them, and to share in their futures.
These days, Anne’s living with more purpose than ever. She’s making plans—big ones. A trip to the Vatican, a visit to Nashville, learning to swim, picking up a new language, even learning an instrument. After facing death twice, she’s embracing life fully now. “When you survive something like this,” she says, “you just want to grab life with both hands.”
And even though cancer may always sit quietly at the back of her mind, Anne’s living proof of resilience, gratitude—and most of all, hope.
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