Nicola Nuttall
@shitscaredmum.bsky.social
Mum of girls - lost Laura to #braincancer ly.
Campaigner, writer of lnk.to/TheStarsWillStillBeThere
Runner, walker, non-stop talker 🦋
Campaigner, writer of lnk.to/TheStarsWillStillBeThere
Runner, walker, non-stop talker 🦋
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Nicola Nuttall
@shitscaredmum.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello brave new blue sky world!
I’m here for talk about life & #loss, #glioblastoma & #grief, #books & #braintumours.
And why a #cancer that kills the most under 40s gets 2% of funding & has seen no new treatments for decades.
We lost our beloved girl in May 23 #BeMoreLaura is her legacy ❤️
I’m here for talk about life & #loss, #glioblastoma & #grief, #books & #braintumours.
And why a #cancer that kills the most under 40s gets 2% of funding & has seen no new treatments for decades.
We lost our beloved girl in May 23 #BeMoreLaura is her legacy ❤️
#TheStarsWillStillBeThere is out in paperback this week, it's a story of hope, love, kindness & resilience. A very ordinary family living everyone's worst nightmare.
Bruce 🐕🦺 is staying with us this week & was VERY keen to get involved with this video!
#BeMoreLaura 🌈
#Books
Bruce 🐕🦺 is staying with us this week & was VERY keen to get involved with this video!
#BeMoreLaura 🌈
#Books
May 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#TheStarsWillStillBeThere is out in paperback this week, it's a story of hope, love, kindness & resilience. A very ordinary family living everyone's worst nightmare.
Bruce 🐕🦺 is staying with us this week & was VERY keen to get involved with this video!
#BeMoreLaura 🌈
#Books
Bruce 🐕🦺 is staying with us this week & was VERY keen to get involved with this video!
#BeMoreLaura 🌈
#Books
Next Sunday I’ll be running the #LondonMarathon for #BeMoreLaura & #SiblingSupport 2 charities very close to my heart ❤️
Last year I wore the names of 252 people lost to #braincancer - my skirt is pretty full but if you’ve lost someone to this awful disease pls let me know & I’ll add them
#ForLaura🌈
Last year I wore the names of 252 people lost to #braincancer - my skirt is pretty full but if you’ve lost someone to this awful disease pls let me know & I’ll add them
#ForLaura🌈
April 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Next Sunday I’ll be running the #LondonMarathon for #BeMoreLaura & #SiblingSupport 2 charities very close to my heart ❤️
Last year I wore the names of 252 people lost to #braincancer - my skirt is pretty full but if you’ve lost someone to this awful disease pls let me know & I’ll add them
#ForLaura🌈
Last year I wore the names of 252 people lost to #braincancer - my skirt is pretty full but if you’ve lost someone to this awful disease pls let me know & I’ll add them
#ForLaura🌈
As we near the end of #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth the need for change is more desperate than ever.
Through the #BeMoreLaura foundation we'll keep campaigning & funding vital research into #Glioblastoma because no family should ever experience this utter devastation.
#TheStarsWillStillBeThere
Laura 💚
Through the #BeMoreLaura foundation we'll keep campaigning & funding vital research into #Glioblastoma because no family should ever experience this utter devastation.
#TheStarsWillStillBeThere
Laura 💚
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
As we near the end of #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth the need for change is more desperate than ever.
Through the #BeMoreLaura foundation we'll keep campaigning & funding vital research into #Glioblastoma because no family should ever experience this utter devastation.
#TheStarsWillStillBeThere
Laura 💚
Through the #BeMoreLaura foundation we'll keep campaigning & funding vital research into #Glioblastoma because no family should ever experience this utter devastation.
#TheStarsWillStillBeThere
Laura 💚
Some moments change your life forever.
I just wanted to share this audio clip from #TheStarsWillStillBeThere - the very first inkling that something was amiss.
Like so many other families, we thought brain tumours happened to other people but we were horribly wrong.
#BrainTumourAwarenessMonth
I just wanted to share this audio clip from #TheStarsWillStillBeThere - the very first inkling that something was amiss.
Like so many other families, we thought brain tumours happened to other people but we were horribly wrong.
#BrainTumourAwarenessMonth
March 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some moments change your life forever.
I just wanted to share this audio clip from #TheStarsWillStillBeThere - the very first inkling that something was amiss.
Like so many other families, we thought brain tumours happened to other people but we were horribly wrong.
#BrainTumourAwarenessMonth
I just wanted to share this audio clip from #TheStarsWillStillBeThere - the very first inkling that something was amiss.
Like so many other families, we thought brain tumours happened to other people but we were horribly wrong.
#BrainTumourAwarenessMonth
This piece by John Hazeley
really nails it.
We often underestimate just how devastating the loss of a sibling can be & how it can impact life in so many ways.
#SiblingLoss
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
really nails it.
We often underestimate just how devastating the loss of a sibling can be & how it can impact life in so many ways.
#SiblingLoss
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When my sister died, it wasn’t just her own childhood memories that disappeared. Mine did too | Jason Hazeley
Millie had fantastic recall, unlike mine. Now there are parts of my past – and myself – that I’ll never be able to remember, says comedy writer Jason Hazeley
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This piece by John Hazeley
really nails it.
We often underestimate just how devastating the loss of a sibling can be & how it can impact life in so many ways.
#SiblingLoss
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
really nails it.
We often underestimate just how devastating the loss of a sibling can be & how it can impact life in so many ways.
#SiblingLoss
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Delighted to reveal the lovely new cover of #thestarswillstillbethere inspired by a canvas Gracie painted, which only makes me love it more
Thanks to everyone who's posted a review your kind comments have meant the world
Paperback on sale in May pre-order here lnk.to/TheStarsWill...
#bemorelaura
Thanks to everyone who's posted a review your kind comments have meant the world
Paperback on sale in May pre-order here lnk.to/TheStarsWill...
#bemorelaura
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Delighted to reveal the lovely new cover of #thestarswillstillbethere inspired by a canvas Gracie painted, which only makes me love it more
Thanks to everyone who's posted a review your kind comments have meant the world
Paperback on sale in May pre-order here lnk.to/TheStarsWill...
#bemorelaura
Thanks to everyone who's posted a review your kind comments have meant the world
Paperback on sale in May pre-order here lnk.to/TheStarsWill...
#bemorelaura
Reposted by Nicola Nuttall
Gracie & I got matching tattoos when we lost Laura last year, I felt the need to wear my grief in some way because I would forever by branded by the loss of my daughter. She was my North my South, my East my West. My working week and my Sunday rest.
~ @shitscaredmum.bsky.social
#tattoosoflove
~ @shitscaredmum.bsky.social
#tattoosoflove
February 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Gracie & I got matching tattoos when we lost Laura last year, I felt the need to wear my grief in some way because I would forever by branded by the loss of my daughter. She was my North my South, my East my West. My working week and my Sunday rest.
~ @shitscaredmum.bsky.social
#tattoosoflove
~ @shitscaredmum.bsky.social
#tattoosoflove
You should be very proud of this incredible book Kevin - and lovely to see mine on the shelf too x
Currently in @waterstones.bsky.social Newcastle, where our book is proudly displayed next to my friend @shitscaredmum.bsky.social book The stars will still be there. Nicolas story is also in our book and all royalties from sales of Stories of Cancer and Hope go to Maggies
February 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You should be very proud of this incredible book Kevin - and lovely to see mine on the shelf too x
Gracie's recently joined the team at Sibling Support Charity & this week they’ve launched an incredibly helpful resource for parents trying to help a child cope with the loss of their sibling.
Please feel free to share with anyone who might find it helpful ❤️
www.siblingsupport.co.uk/programme-fo...
Please feel free to share with anyone who might find it helpful ❤️
www.siblingsupport.co.uk/programme-fo...
Sibling bereavement support for parents — Sibling Support
Around 100 parents, siblings and bereavement practitioners have come together to create the programme for parents, supporting adults after the death of their child. The programme has advice, activitie...
www.siblingsupport.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Gracie's recently joined the team at Sibling Support Charity & this week they’ve launched an incredibly helpful resource for parents trying to help a child cope with the loss of their sibling.
Please feel free to share with anyone who might find it helpful ❤️
www.siblingsupport.co.uk/programme-fo...
Please feel free to share with anyone who might find it helpful ❤️
www.siblingsupport.co.uk/programme-fo...
Public speaking scares the pants off me but it’s important to share our stories (& #bemorelaura ) so today I was grateful for the opportunity to speak at a brilliant Pro Manchester event alongside the inspirational Clarke Carlisle & Andrew Jenkins from S2 #Traitors
January 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Public speaking scares the pants off me but it’s important to share our stories (& #bemorelaura ) so today I was grateful for the opportunity to speak at a brilliant Pro Manchester event alongside the inspirational Clarke Carlisle & Andrew Jenkins from S2 #Traitors
“We walked to a bench overlooking the sea to stare up at a million stars in the velvet sky, untroubled by light pollution.
‘When we’re dead & buried, the stars will still be there, & the tide will come in and go back out; we’re really hardly anything at all, are we?’ Laura said softly.”
‘When we’re dead & buried, the stars will still be there, & the tide will come in and go back out; we’re really hardly anything at all, are we?’ Laura said softly.”
January 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“We walked to a bench overlooking the sea to stare up at a million stars in the velvet sky, untroubled by light pollution.
‘When we’re dead & buried, the stars will still be there, & the tide will come in and go back out; we’re really hardly anything at all, are we?’ Laura said softly.”
‘When we’re dead & buried, the stars will still be there, & the tide will come in and go back out; we’re really hardly anything at all, are we?’ Laura said softly.”
I’m sure I’ve been guilty of this in the past & I know I meant well but whether it’s the loss of a loved one or a horrible diagnosis - words really do count.
Starting a consoling sentence with ‘Well at least…’ is never a good idea & if you don’t know what to say - just say that ❤️
#grief #childloss
Starting a consoling sentence with ‘Well at least…’ is never a good idea & if you don’t know what to say - just say that ❤️
#grief #childloss
January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m sure I’ve been guilty of this in the past & I know I meant well but whether it’s the loss of a loved one or a horrible diagnosis - words really do count.
Starting a consoling sentence with ‘Well at least…’ is never a good idea & if you don’t know what to say - just say that ❤️
#grief #childloss
Starting a consoling sentence with ‘Well at least…’ is never a good idea & if you don’t know what to say - just say that ❤️
#grief #childloss
As of today, I can no longer say ‘I lost my daughter last year’ & if it’s not last year, it must seem like ages ago to other people who probably wonder why I'm still so bloody sad?
2025 is another year Laura doesn’t get to see & a step further away from her.
Grief is completely relentless isn’t it 💔
2025 is another year Laura doesn’t get to see & a step further away from her.
Grief is completely relentless isn’t it 💔
January 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
As of today, I can no longer say ‘I lost my daughter last year’ & if it’s not last year, it must seem like ages ago to other people who probably wonder why I'm still so bloody sad?
2025 is another year Laura doesn’t get to see & a step further away from her.
Grief is completely relentless isn’t it 💔
2025 is another year Laura doesn’t get to see & a step further away from her.
Grief is completely relentless isn’t it 💔
What started as a mad idea back in Jan ended yesterday as - with the help of friends & family - Gracie & I completed our 100th climb of #PendleHill on Laura’s 25th birthday
If you’re up early tomorrow you can watch us finish on BBC Breakfast.
Happy Christmas & thank you for the love & support 🎄
If you’re up early tomorrow you can watch us finish on BBC Breakfast.
Happy Christmas & thank you for the love & support 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 10:57 PM
What started as a mad idea back in Jan ended yesterday as - with the help of friends & family - Gracie & I completed our 100th climb of #PendleHill on Laura’s 25th birthday
If you’re up early tomorrow you can watch us finish on BBC Breakfast.
Happy Christmas & thank you for the love & support 🎄
If you’re up early tomorrow you can watch us finish on BBC Breakfast.
Happy Christmas & thank you for the love & support 🎄
Back in January @GracieNuttall41 & I set ourselves the challenge of 100 climbs of #PendleHill before Laura would have turned 25.
We’ve saved the very last one for her birthday on Monday - really hope it’s drier than number 99 was yesterday!
#WalkingTherapy
#BeMoreLaura ❤️
We’ve saved the very last one for her birthday on Monday - really hope it’s drier than number 99 was yesterday!
#WalkingTherapy
#BeMoreLaura ❤️
December 22, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Back in January @GracieNuttall41 & I set ourselves the challenge of 100 climbs of #PendleHill before Laura would have turned 25.
We’ve saved the very last one for her birthday on Monday - really hope it’s drier than number 99 was yesterday!
#WalkingTherapy
#BeMoreLaura ❤️
We’ve saved the very last one for her birthday on Monday - really hope it’s drier than number 99 was yesterday!
#WalkingTherapy
#BeMoreLaura ❤️
Really didn’t expect the loss of our beloved collie Ziggy to multiply the grief we were already experiencing - but without both Laura & Ziggy, everything just feels broken & unfixable
I know there’s lots to be grateful for & others have it harder, but this Christmas feels v tough.
#BlueChristmas
I know there’s lots to be grateful for & others have it harder, but this Christmas feels v tough.
#BlueChristmas
December 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Really didn’t expect the loss of our beloved collie Ziggy to multiply the grief we were already experiencing - but without both Laura & Ziggy, everything just feels broken & unfixable
I know there’s lots to be grateful for & others have it harder, but this Christmas feels v tough.
#BlueChristmas
I know there’s lots to be grateful for & others have it harder, but this Christmas feels v tough.
#BlueChristmas
Thank you so much for including me Kevin x
go.bsky.app/EksqHLA I’ve created a starter pack community of people that help our cancer community. Feel free to share anyone else that I can add.
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Thank you so much for including me Kevin x
Well Manchester loved Vampire Weekend!
Brilliant show, fantastic musicians ❤️
Brilliant show, fantastic musicians ❤️
December 3, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Well Manchester loved Vampire Weekend!
Brilliant show, fantastic musicians ❤️
Brilliant show, fantastic musicians ❤️
Always worth remembering this, it’s ok to feel exactly how you feel and ignore any sentence that starts with
‘At least….’
#grief #childloss
‘At least….’
#grief #childloss
December 1, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Always worth remembering this, it’s ok to feel exactly how you feel and ignore any sentence that starts with
‘At least….’
#grief #childloss
‘At least….’
#grief #childloss
Heading down to #Westminster for the APPG on #BrainTumours & hope to catch up with our new MP #JonathanHinder & committee chair #SiobhainMcDonagh
I’m doing my best to be optimistic that this might herald a renewed focus on kinder, more effective treatments - change is well overdue
@braintumourrsch
I’m doing my best to be optimistic that this might herald a renewed focus on kinder, more effective treatments - change is well overdue
@braintumourrsch
November 26, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Heading down to #Westminster for the APPG on #BrainTumours & hope to catch up with our new MP #JonathanHinder & committee chair #SiobhainMcDonagh
I’m doing my best to be optimistic that this might herald a renewed focus on kinder, more effective treatments - change is well overdue
@braintumourrsch
I’m doing my best to be optimistic that this might herald a renewed focus on kinder, more effective treatments - change is well overdue
@braintumourrsch
You’ll have noticed that I’m the noisy one in our house, always banging on about Laura & the horrors of #BrainCancer
But in light of #imacelebrity2024 & #BarryMcGuigan talking about his grief, Mark was asked about #ChildLoss from a dad’s perspective & it’s so powerful 💔
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
But in light of #imacelebrity2024 & #BarryMcGuigan talking about his grief, Mark was asked about #ChildLoss from a dad’s perspective & it’s so powerful 💔
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
I watched my 23-year-old daughter die of cancer - as a father, it haunts me
On ITV’s I’m A Celebrity, former boxer Barry McGuigan broke down as he shared the devastation of losing his daughter to brain cancer aged 33. Mark Nuttall, who lost his daughter Laura last year, share...
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
You’ll have noticed that I’m the noisy one in our house, always banging on about Laura & the horrors of #BrainCancer
But in light of #imacelebrity2024 & #BarryMcGuigan talking about his grief, Mark was asked about #ChildLoss from a dad’s perspective & it’s so powerful 💔
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
But in light of #imacelebrity2024 & #BarryMcGuigan talking about his grief, Mark was asked about #ChildLoss from a dad’s perspective & it’s so powerful 💔
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
Today my 5 yr diary is complete.
It’s full of wonderful memories & the worst days anyone could live through
Every day I’ve been reminded of the events of past yrs but now I’m writing in a blank book - feels sadly symbolic
Without it, I’d never have written #TheStarsWillStillBeThere
#BookSky
It’s full of wonderful memories & the worst days anyone could live through
Every day I’ve been reminded of the events of past yrs but now I’m writing in a blank book - feels sadly symbolic
Without it, I’d never have written #TheStarsWillStillBeThere
#BookSky
November 25, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Today my 5 yr diary is complete.
It’s full of wonderful memories & the worst days anyone could live through
Every day I’ve been reminded of the events of past yrs but now I’m writing in a blank book - feels sadly symbolic
Without it, I’d never have written #TheStarsWillStillBeThere
#BookSky
It’s full of wonderful memories & the worst days anyone could live through
Every day I’ve been reminded of the events of past yrs but now I’m writing in a blank book - feels sadly symbolic
Without it, I’d never have written #TheStarsWillStillBeThere
#BookSky
Forever grateful to #TonyLivesey & @mrchrishunter.bsky.social for continuing to shine a light on #BrainCancer allowing me to talk about how underfunded & under-researched it is
It’s 18 mths since we lost Laura, 6 yrs since she was diagnosed but treatments for #glioblastoma haven’t changed in decades
It’s 18 mths since we lost Laura, 6 yrs since she was diagnosed but treatments for #glioblastoma haven’t changed in decades
November 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Forever grateful to #TonyLivesey & @mrchrishunter.bsky.social for continuing to shine a light on #BrainCancer allowing me to talk about how underfunded & under-researched it is
It’s 18 mths since we lost Laura, 6 yrs since she was diagnosed but treatments for #glioblastoma haven’t changed in decades
It’s 18 mths since we lost Laura, 6 yrs since she was diagnosed but treatments for #glioblastoma haven’t changed in decades
Useful suggestions for anyone who finds the festive period challenging for whatever reason, but especially for the grievers like us who find it all a bit of a struggle ❤️
November 21, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Useful suggestions for anyone who finds the festive period challenging for whatever reason, but especially for the grievers like us who find it all a bit of a struggle ❤️
What a fantastic documentary, thank you Glenn for sharing your story it was moving & so powerful - may your scans remain beautifully stable ❤️
Thanks to @hugh1eadams.bsky.social
for mentioning Laura on #BBCBreakfast it meant the world
@braintumourrsch.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Thanks to @hugh1eadams.bsky.social
for mentioning Laura on #BBCBreakfast it meant the world
@braintumourrsch.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
My Brain Tumour and Me
BBC political editor Glenn Campbell felt he’d had a lucky escape in 2023 when he fell off his bike, breaking ten ribs. Just six weeks later, he was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:51 PM
What a fantastic documentary, thank you Glenn for sharing your story it was moving & so powerful - may your scans remain beautifully stable ❤️
Thanks to @hugh1eadams.bsky.social
for mentioning Laura on #BBCBreakfast it meant the world
@braintumourrsch.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Thanks to @hugh1eadams.bsky.social
for mentioning Laura on #BBCBreakfast it meant the world
@braintumourrsch.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...