Diary of a breast cancer survivor

The title comes from a comment by the author's son to a friend

A woman has turned her private diaries into a book describing her diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer.

Mother-of-two Michelle Williams-Huw, from Cardiff, began writing a diary when told she had an aggressive tumour.

She said it gave her a chance to voice thoughts she did not feel she could say out loud as she went through treatment.

After being told she was in remission, her diaries were published as My Mummy Wears A Wig: Does Yours?, which she hopes will inspire others.

The book focuses on her relationship with her husband, two children and how she was able to cope with learning she had the illness and the treatment that followed.

It is described on her website as a moving and humorous account of her personal journey.

Part of the reason for turning it into a book was because it can help people who are going through it, but it's also a much wider story than that Michelle Williams-Huw

It relates her feelings about dealing with the stages of the illness at the same time as raising two small sons and life with her husband.

The title comes from a comment she heard her son make to his friend in the back of the car.

"It was my diary," explained Mrs Williams-Huw, who was born in 1967 in Pontypool.

"It was a way to write down the things that were in my mind that I didn't want to talk about.

"You feel you've got to be very positive and not show anyone that you have got dark thoughts and I started writing it for that reason."

Mrs Williams-Huw said although the book focuses on the time surrounding her treatment, it also focuses more on her relationship with her husband and two young sons.

"In places it is quite funny, but it's not intentional because it isn't a funny subject.

"It's not a nice thing to go through. Life was quite chaotic.

"But when I wrote it, it helped me through that rough time and part of the reason for turning it into a book was because it can help people who are going through it, but it's also a much wider story than that."

The book is launched on Friday, 19 October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Michelle Williams-Huw will be signing the book at Waterstones in Cardiff from 1200 - 1400 BST.