So far, so very very good ...

She said: “I was told Kadcyla wasn’t available in Scotland because it’s so expensive and I was raging that I could just be written off like that. “I wasn’t going down without a fight. “But at a time when I was so tired and ill, it took everything I had to fight for the right to access to this drug.” Lesley is just ecstatic to still be alive. She said: “On Monday Rebekah starts secondary school and I’ll be there to share it. I didn’t think I’d be alive for her prom in June, but I was. And I was here for her 12th birthday. I don’t know what the future holds, but at this moment in time I still have one. “I just want to see my girls grow up. “I get tired but I try to keep going because it’s important to spend as much time as I can with Colin and the girls.

“I’ve ticked even more off my bucket list thanks to my friends. We’ve been to the Titanic Museum in Belfast, and gone sightseeing in London.

“Colin and I were gifted an overnight at Andy Murray’s Cromlix Hotel in Perthshire, and we were invited to stay at a friend’s home on the Isle of Arran so I’m determined to make the most of whatever time I have.”

Husband Colin is equally delighted with the progress so far.

He said: “We’ve had tremendous support and now the results of Lesley’s scan are so positive. It’s been a frantic time for everyone, and Lesley has fought one hell of a battle. She’s a wonderful person. I’m just so proud of her.”

The drug that’s keeping Lesley alive is manufactured by Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Roche.

It is not currently recommended for use in Scotland on cost grounds.

Lesley added: “When I first found out about this drug I was told it could extend your life by six months.

“But when I started looking into it, I found people were alive much longer than six months, with some in remission and cancer-free. “I wanted the chance for that to be me. “I don’t think anyone has the right to simply dismiss someone on the basis of a budget.

“Funds can always be found for other things, and I’m sure most taxpayers would agree that cancer – all cancers – should take priority over methadone programmes.

“Ou r g ov e r n m e n t shells out £ 17.8 million a year to chemists for methadone treatments to help addicts. It’s all wrong.”

Lesley met with Shona Robison in June, to explain why she felt she had been written off and why she had to fight to get the last- resort drug which she hoped might save her life.