THE BIG C WON’T STOP ME

SHE can’t recall the last time she had a good night’s rest. Her nine-month-old son keeps her up at night but Angelique Jonas doesn’t mind. She’s just grateful they’re both alive – a year ago it wasn’t clear if they’d make it.

Angelique (31) was just six weeks into her pregnancy when oncologists discovered four lesions on her brain.

Cancer, she was told – and the lesions, as the tumours are called – were causing pressure and bleeding on the vital organ so she needed an emergency operation.

Then came another shock: it was melanoma, a type of cancer that occurs in the cells that gives skin its colour. Melanoma typically