When Lucy Turner was diagnosed with an aggressive mouth cancer at Christmas three years ago she was given a second piece of devastating news.
She would have to terminate her pregnancy.
Lucy, from Edinburgh, sought second opinions from doctors all over the world but the message was the same - she would need urgent surgery and radiotherapy which her baby would not survive.
In a further blow, the UN policy adviser, who could speak nine languages, was warned she might not be able to talk again after surgery.
Despite the dark times she has faced and the emotional pain of ending the pregnancy, this year she is celebrating a remarkable turnaround.
