SUPER slimmer Enid Atkinson thought she had it all last year. She had beaten the bulge as well as breast cancer.

But at the end of January this year, the cancer struck again and now Enid, 41, faces a second battle.

LIFE was looking good for Enid Atkinson after she seemed to have conquered the two things that stood in the way of her health -- being overweight and having breast cancer.

Then a spell of sickness and tummy bugs landed her back at the doctor's surgery,

The doctor prescribed Gaviscon, but the "girls at work" insisted Enid went back and it was discovered that the breast cancer had returned.

"I think I knew it was coming," said Enid, a Barclays' corporate services assistant.

"I was obviously upset, and you hope it isn't going to be that.

"The feeling never goes away, it's always there in the back of your mind. Initially, it was upsetting, but you get used to it."

Enid is now on the third of six lots of chemotherapy.

Since the diagnosis, her house has been crammed full of flowers and cards, from friends, colleagues and customers.

Enid's chemotherapy should finish at the end of May -- but she refuses to put her life on hold until then.

Her story has featured in national magazines and the Bolton Evening News previously, and more recently a TV crew spent a day with Enid for the Discovery Channel, Dietbusters 2 programme.

"You've got to try it," Enid laughed, when asked about her "media exposure".

"It's a chance lots of people would love to have. You've got to take each opportunity as it comes along and enjoy it for what it is.

"You have to be positive -- there's no point sitting there and crying about it.

"When I have my chemotherapy I still go out and about and do things. Having the cancer makes you appreciate that."

Her husband John is also a great help.

"He has never done much cooking in the four and a half years I've known him, but he cooks now!" Enid laughed.

"He will do everything, he's very good and he always goes to the hospital with me."

Enid was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 and underwent a mastectomy.

After every session of gruelling chemotherapy, she used to reward herself with "endless meals of fish and chips, cakes, biscuits, crisps, chocolate, warm bread oozing with butter... whatever I fancied really."

Her weight soared to 20 and a half stones, and the strain on her heart -- already weakened by chemotherapy -- made John fear Enid could have a heart attack.

In the end, she joined a local Rosemary Conley slimming class and successfully fought the flab down to a size 12, weighing in at under 10 and a half stone.

Enid -- who could hardly walk before she lost the weight as her legs would get chapped -- even did the Race of Life 5K fund-raising run.

She refuses to make the same mistakes she made when she had to undergo chemotherapy the first time around.

"I'm trying to do more exercise this time, and keep myself more active," she explained.

"And I'm much better with food this time. Once I have finished with the treatment I can get back to Rosemary Conley classes.

"There's nothing like wearing size 12 clothes."

Enid's inspiring story was set to be featured on the Discovery Channel on Tuesday, April 9.