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A mum-of-two says she is determined to continue going on dates to find her “Mr Right" - despite having terminal cancer.

Four years ago Mandy Mahoney, 48, was told her breast cancer was incurable.

But she believes the diagnosis shouldn’t stop her trying to find love – and the perfect man.

She uses sites and apps such as Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, Match.com and PlentyOfFish, and has already been on several dates.

Mandy said: “Just because I’ve got cancer, why shouldn’t I date?

(Image: Joe Newman/Triangle News)

(Image: Triangle News)

“I don’t think it should matter – having cancer doesn’t make you dead from the neck down.

“What you’re doing is celebrating life. I’m not dead yet, so what I’m doing is living the life I have left.”

Mandy visited her GP in 2011 after feeling a lump on her left breast while showering.

A mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy revealed she had grade three, stage three breast cancer.

At first, doctors were optimistic surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy could put her into remission. But, by 2015, Mandy, mum to Abi, 19, and Jake, 21, was told her cancer could not be cured.

(Image: Vessi Ves/Triangle News)

(Image: Joe Newman/Triangle News)

She now takes a daily mixture of pills to keep the disease at bay. Experts say she will die when the medication eventually stops working.

Mandy, an outreach worker for children with autism, has been single for most of the past eight years.

She describes battling cancer as a “lonely and isolating” experience, which saw her lose confidence and friends.

But, at the start of this year, she vowed to pick herself up and start living her life again.

Mandy has endured several bad dates recently - including a 'flat earther' who abandoned her in a pub.

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Another man was so apologetic and sympathetic about her health problems that any chance of romance was ruined.

Her 16 stone body – caused by chemotherapy drugs – has also been a barrier to love.

But Mandy, from Grove Park, South East London, said: "I still get a lot of weight-related comments. Another recent potential date said ‘If you train in the gym all that time why are you still fat? I kept swiping.

“If weight is an issue, or my scars are an issue, or my illness is an issue, then you’re not the right person for me.”

However, other men she has met through the apps have been wonderful.

Those positive experiences have boosted her confidence that she will find a Mr Right.

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She added: “Cancer puts your life into perspective.

“You look at your own mortality fairly regularly.

“You don’t have time for people who don’t bring something positive to the table.

“I’d like to hope that I’ll still meet someone.”