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Cancer patient: Diagnosis puts you in lonely 'bubble'
A cancer patient says she felt her diagnosis placed her in a lonely "bubble".
Vicky Waddington, who was 30 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, said her friends, though supportive, could not "fully understand" her situation.
"You never get a normal life back," she said. "I just feel sometimes I'm in a different world to my friends."
This clip is part of the 大象传媒's A Life Less Lonely: a day of programming across the 大象传媒 exploring the effects of loneliness across the UK.
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