Women's Fitness

‘Paddleboarding saved me’

‘I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2013, aged just 26. I got the all-clear about a year later and, after finishing radiotherapy, I visited the Isles of Scilly. I saw someone paddleboarding on the beach and it seemed like a low-impact sport that I could do after

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