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-My name's Meinir Siencyn.

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-It's been a year since I was

-diagnosed with breast cancer.

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-Today I find out

-if it's the cancer or me...

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-..who has won the battle.

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-From the very beginning...

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-..I've filmed

-every step of my journey.

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-I need the chemotherapy

-to get rid of the cancer...

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-..but the chances

-of me having children are slim.

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-From the six months of chemo...

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-..to the operation

-to remove the tumour...

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-..I've come to know myself.

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-My strengths and my weaknesses.

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-And also the people around me.

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-My relationship with Ems has grown.

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-If we can get through this,

-we can get through anything.

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-At the end

-of the first programme for S4C...

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-..I learnt that the operation

-had been a success.

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-It's clear.

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-But there was more to come...

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-..as I went through more treatment

-and settled back into normal life.

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-That wasn't too bad.

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-This is

-the next part of the story...

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-..in my battle against cancer.

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-Hello. We're farming today.

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-Farming with Meinir Siencyn

-and Emyr Davies.

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-I'm just helping Dad out.

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-I'm just helping Dad out.

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-Don't film me. Don't film me naked.

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-I'm not, I'm focusing on your face.

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-OK, stay up there then.

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-Meinir getting naked.

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-Whoo-hoo-hoo!

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-When I was going through

-my cancer treatment and the chemo...

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-..I never saw that look

-of sheer panic on Ems' face...

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-..that he adopts

-when I get on the quad.

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-He's like, "Nooooooo!"

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-Less than a month

-after finishing chemotherapy...

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-..I have to begin

-another course of treatment.

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-This time,

-I'm dealing with it without Ems.

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-Meinir Siencyn's in the suitcase!

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-I want to come with you,

-so I'm hiding in your case.

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-Ta-ta.

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-For the next three weeks, while Ems

-is away working in Spain...

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-..I'll drive two hours every day

-to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd...

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-..to undergo intense radiotherapy.

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-It's less than a month

-since I had my results.

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-You think you're getting better...

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-..and then you're back in

-for more treatment.

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-But it's something I have to do.

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-It's like an insurance

-to get rid of the cancer...

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-..and make sure

-the blasted thing doesn't return.

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-Hiya. Meinir Siencyn.

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-Take a seat.

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-Let's go over here.

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-I'm still getting hot flushes.

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-It's one of the side effects

-of the chemotherapy.

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-Sorry, I have to take off my hat

-and coat because I get so hot.

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-I hope it's just the effects

-of the chemotherapy...

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-..not an early menopause.

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-I'd be gutted.

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-It's worried me from the start...

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-..that I might never be able

-to have children.

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-The chemotherapy

-stops your eggs being released.

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-But I'm confident

-I'll start ovulating again...

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-..because I had five periods

-out of six during chemotherapy.

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-I don't want children yet.

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-Ems definitely

-doesn't want children yet.

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-I don't want to think about

-things like that.

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-Meinir Siencyn, please. Hiya.

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-It's like

-something out of Dr Who, isn't it?

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-The machine blasts a special type

-of X-ray around the breast area...

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-..where I had the surgery.

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-Any remaining cancer cells

-are killed.

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-Weird! I didn't know

-whether to hold my breath or not.

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-But you

-just have to breathe normally.

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-It's like having a camera in your

-face. You just have to stay still.

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-You think, 'Did I twitch?'

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-We'll see you tomorrow.

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-Oh, yes. I was going to say

-see you in three weeks!

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-No, I'll see you tomorrow.

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-My hair's growing back. Can you see?

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-These marks are like little tattoos

-before the treatment.

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-I'm feeling quite emotional.

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-I've been

-receiving cards through the post.

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-One woman has sent me a card

-and in it she says...

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-.."Dear Meinir, you don't know me...

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-"..but I watched the S4C programme

-about you this evening.

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-"I lost my dear husband to cancer

-six years ago.

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-"He was called Ems too,

-he was full of fun...

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-"..and had a great sense of humour.

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-"Make the most

-of your special relationship.

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-"Keep it up! Christine."

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-The support I've received

-from people is amazing.

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-It's just a pity Ems isn't here

-to share it with me.

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-But I'll tell him about it

-on Skype later.

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-I'm tired of driving back and forth.

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-It's tedious

-having to come here every day.

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-It doesn't make you feel great.

-As you can see, I go very red.

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-Yay! I can see you today.

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-My lovely little friend

-always accompanies me.

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-There she is.

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-I'm missing you loads.

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-I was busy before but

-I'm starting to get very sore now.

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-My skin's red.

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-Yay! Tanwen's back.

-This is my little sister.

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-She's back from New Zealand.

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-You look really good, Meinir.

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-A carol service, Tans.

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-At two o'clock.

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-Those are some of the nurses I know.

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-# Once In Royal David's City #

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-It's Christmas Eve...

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-..so everyone else

-is frantically buying presents...

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-..and others are in the pub.

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-But I've just had radiotherapy.

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-My penultimate session

-and the last one before Christmas.

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-Happy Christmas.

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-Hello. Hiya, Betsan.

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-I'm going to the hospital again.

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-Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. Aren't we, Bets?

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-I've come for...

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-..my final radiotherapy session.

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-My very last one.

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-Hopefully the last one ever.

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-This is the end of my treatment.

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-Hey, and here he is!

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-Emyr Davies.

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-Hello!

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-Hi, Ems.

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-Alright, sweetheart?

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-Hello, Betsan.

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-Ems is coming

-to the last one with me.

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-This is the last actual session

-for Meinir Siencyn.

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-Those are nice earrings.

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-Are they? Where did I get them?

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-Where did you get those?

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-Nice little earrings from Sion Corn.

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-From Sion Corn?

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-And that's it.

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-Happy?

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-Yes, I am, actually.

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-Thanks for everything, Ems.

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-For looking after me all the time.

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-After eight weeks of going

-back and forth the hospital...

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-..the treatment is finally over.

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-Now it's time for my body

-to recover and strengthen.

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-I intend to do that by competing in

-a world-famous mountain bike race.

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-For the first time since I was

-diagnosed with breast cancer...

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-..Ems and I

-are going on holiday together.

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-Welcome to Spain.

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-I have to wait another six months...

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-..to find out if the chemotherapy

-and radiotherapy have worked.

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-We thought

-we'd come to Spain to relax...

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-..and aid my recovery.

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-Ems came up with the idea and

-I thought, yes, that sounds great.

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-The most dangerous footpath

-in the world is here.

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-Since the diagnosis,

-I'm determined to fight the cancer.

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-I need to set myself a goal...

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-..and push my body to heal.

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-I'm planning to do that on a bike...

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-..by competing in the world-famous

-Megavalanche bike race in France.

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-It's a crazy downhill race.

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-2,000 people

-start at the top of a glacier...

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-..and bike downhill

-to the bottom of Alpe D'Huez.

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-I only have five months of training

-to get my body strong enough...

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-..to compete in the Mega.

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-I'm already in training

-with Ems in Spain.

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-Are you alright?

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-Yes, but I'm very rusty.

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-I don't like explaining to other

-people what I've been through.

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-They look at you cycling

-as if to say...

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-.."My God, she's rubbish."

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-This is massive for me.

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-You haven't been on a bike

-for eight months.

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-I know. It's hard. It's really hard.

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-# Happy birthday to you

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-# Happy birthday, dear Meinir,

-happy birthday to you #

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-Yay!

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-How's your day been?

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-It started off OK

-and then it became amazing...

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-..because Emyr Davies surprised me.

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-With this.

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-Hell, yeah!

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-A weird thing

-has happened to me today too.

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-It's my birthday...

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-..and I start my medication

-for the first time.

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-I have to take this

-for 10 years now, Ems.

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-It doesn't stop the cancer,

-it just stops it latching on.

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-It thinks it's oestrogen.

-But never mind.

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-That's the most important thing.

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-During treatment,

-one of the hardest things...

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-..was having no income.

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-But now I'm getting stronger

-and Ems has finished college...

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-..things are about to change.

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-..things are about to change.

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-I was offered a job...

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-..in a new bike shop

-that's just opened in Llanberis.

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-It's my first week back at work

-and I'm assisting...

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-..which is brilliant because

-I haven't worked for a year.

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-Going straight back to

-camera work would be tough.

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-I'm really tired and I'm struggling.

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-People think I've recovered too,

-which is quite difficult.

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-I'm pushed to my limits.

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-I push myself but I'm tired,

-so I come back down to there...

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-..and then I push myself a bit more.

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-I'm less tired then.

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-That was OK.

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-That wasn't too bad.

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-Come on, Bets.

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-It's really nice

-leading a normal life again.

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-I have mixed feelings about people.

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-It's very difficult saying this.

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-There are some people...

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-..such as really close friends

-who've helped me through everything.

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-Then there are others who,

-when they found out...

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-..just avoided me.

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-And then there are others who,

-when they see me...

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-..ruffle my hair and say, "Your

-hair's growing, you look well."

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-I just feel like telling them

-to f*** off.

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-Sorry, but I don't go around

-ruffling your hair, going...

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-.."Ooh, you've coloured your hair"

-or something like that.

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-I feel like sh*t sometimes

-and people say, "You look so well."

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-I'm like, "You've no idea

-what I've been through."

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-But there's one person who's

-been there every step of the way.

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-There's one question

-I have to ask Ems.

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-How are you coping

-after all the treatment?

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-Eh?

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-How are you, Emyr Davies,

-coping after Meinir's treatment?

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-After my treatment.

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-How am I coping?

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-Yes.

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-I don't know,

-it's easy to kind of...

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-..forget about it.

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-Obviously when you see someone

-with a bald head and looking ill...

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-..you notice the physical changes.

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-You need looking after and I need

-to make sure you don't too much.

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-Although you look

-much healthier on the outside...

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-..your organs are still suffering...

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-..and they've been through

-a hell of a lot.

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-You almost want your brain

-to block out that horrible time.

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-Don't make me cry.

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-It's OK to cry.

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-We've been through loads.

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-Yes.

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-I guess it's like...

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-..you shouldn't have

-gone through loads.

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-This is

-the first time I've cried in ages.

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-I love you, Meins.

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-Thanks for looking after me.

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-I haven't forgotten

-that it's been hard for you too.

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-Maybe it's a good thing

-that it's all come out now.

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-Are you alright? What are you doing?

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-I'm packing...

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-..because you and I

-are heading to the Megavalanche.

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-This is the bedroom. You've

-already seen the garage in the back.

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-How does Meinir Siencyn feel?

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-I don't feel very well.

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-I don't feel very well.

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-What's wrong?

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-I don't know, I just

-don't feel well. I've overdone it.

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-From Llanberis to the French Alps.

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-I'm finally about to compete...

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-..in the world's

-most extreme mountain bike marathon.

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-I'm scared witless.

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-Through the chemo

-and radiotherapy...

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-..my goal

-was to compete in this race.

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-But on the first day of training...

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-..things hadn't gone to plan.

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-Poor Meinir.

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-I've broken a bone

-in that bit that sticks out...

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-..just by my shoulder.

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-The dream

-of competing in the Mega...

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-..is over once again.

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-You had a bloody good go, though,

-didn't you?

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-So...

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-..I'll try next again next year.

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-I might be out of the race...

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-..but at least Ems

-is able to compete.

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-He has an incredible race, finishing

-eighth out of 3,000 mountain bikers.

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-But I've made it here...

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-..after a hellish year.

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-Just to be on the bike and

-actually cycling around the track...

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-..is just amazing.

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-The next thing is the scan...

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-..to see if it's clear.

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-Cue the music!

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-Last week I went for the mammogram,

-the first scan...

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-..which is carried out annually.

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-Usually they tell you on the day

-if everything's normal...

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-..but I received a letter

-a day later telling me...

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-..I needed to go back in

-for an ultrasound scan.

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-Everyone had a look of terror

-on their faces...

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-..when I told them.

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-But there's no point

-worrying needlessly.

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-It's weird

-going back into that room again.

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-We had the worst news last time.

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-Hello. How did it go?

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-I'm really...

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-This is massive. A massive result.

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-I'm really happy. No-one

-in the world is happier than me.

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-I'll still need annual check-ups...

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-..and the experience

-of having cancer...

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-..will always be part of my life.

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-But from the very beginning,

-by keeping positive...

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-..I wasn't going to let

-the cancer get the better of me.

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-Here she is.

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-Cool.

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-Over and out.

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