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By\u00a0Rumeana Jahangir,\u00a0<\/span>BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kate Rackham shared updates about her treatment on social media<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Tributes have been paid after the death of a teacher who raised awareness of incurable secondary breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Kate Rackham was diagnosed with oestrogen-receptive breast cancer at the age of 39.<\/p>\n

The Manchester-based teacher, who shared updates on her life with her 17,000 followers on the X platform, helped set up the Fighting to be Heard charity to raise awareness of the condition and provide support for those with the condition.<\/p>\n

A post on her account on Thursday read: \u201cIf you\u2019re reading this, it means I have died. But do not cry for me. I have lived my life on my own terms, the way I have wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘A wonderful woman’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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In her post, she said she had joined the social media platform \u201cbecause I needed an outlet\u201d but \u201cwhat I got was so much more\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou made me feel validated in my feelings and much less alone. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former BBC newsreader Beccy Barr, who attended the same school and has been diagnosed with abdominal cancer, posted a tribute, saying: \u201cIn recent months we reconnected and she was incredibly empathic and supportive of my terminal diagnosis as she handled her own. What a wonderful woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicola Nuttall, whose daughter Laura, 23, died of brain cancer while achieving a bucket a list of ambitions, posted that she was “heartbroken that we\u2019ve lost this truly incredible woman”.<\/p>\n

Speaking about climbing Pendle Hill with Ms Rackham, in memory of Laura, Nicola added: “Kate really knew how to live, she wanted to come up Pendle but wouldn\u2019t wait for better weather because she knew better than anyone the value of a single day.<\/p>\n

“We nearly got blown off but it was brilliant, so glad we met.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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