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Dr Punam Krishan Shares Six-Month Cancer Update on Instagram

Her message recalls the diagnosis as the worst day of her life, describing a loss of control that pushed her to focus only on the next breath.

Overview

  • Speaking to roughly 138,000 Instagram followers, the BBC Morning Live GP reflected on the moment she learned of her breast cancer diagnosis.
  • She previously confirmed in January that she had completed treatment and was healing following the diagnosis.
  • She said the experience reshaped her outlook, replacing long-term plans with a day-by-day approach she summed up as "just do today."
  • She described finding this shift liberating after initially feeling as if all control over the future had disappeared.
  • Public interest in her update is heightened by her media profile, including BBC Morning Live appearances, a 2024 Strictly Come Dancing run, children’s health books, and her marriage to MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane.