She revealed she threw everything she could at the illness to beat it, and miraculously beat the odds to have children naturally.
Heartbreakingly, after clearing the disease, cancer has struck again. But true to form, Gorrick is determined to do "whatever it takes".
Gorrick's treatment regimen to clear the disease in the first instance was extensive and included IVF, a lumpectomy to remove the lump, and six rounds of intravenous chemotherapy.
Emma Gorrick revealed nothing could have prepared her for the fact that her cancer would return. Photo / Facebook
"I lost all my hair, I was extremely sick because I had no white cells. I got major infections. I spent more time in the hospital than out of the hospital," she said.
Chemo was followed by six weeks of radiation before she was put on hormone blockers, a course of treatment designed to run for three years.
A year-a-half later, she was advised by her doctors to have a double mastectomy.
Before undergoing surgery, Gorrick and her fiance Dave decided to get married.
"Once I finished my treatment and my hair had grown a couple of centimetres long, we had a low key wedding on the beach, May 2013," she said.
Shortly after, she was back in hospital to undergo surgery to remove her breasts and to have a full reconstruction.
In 2015, she was able to come off all medication and was in her own words "quite healthy".
Emma Gorrick says her children are her life. Photo / Facebook
She focused her efforts on creating a new life, one which included starting her own business and having children.
"I was desperate to have a baby," she said adding: "and despite being told my chances were slim to none, within eight months I had fallen pregnant with my daughter Mya.
She also beat the odds a second time, giving birth to a son Ryan, who is now 21-months-old.
Heartbreakingly, the family's situation has changed once again following an unexpected diagnosis that Gorrick's cancer had returned.
"I had started experiencing a lot of pain in my hip and although I'd had MRIs, nothing had shown up," she said.
While her doctor suggested a course of treatment involving steroid injections and exercise to strengthen the area, over two months the pain had worsened.
"I was almost due for my 18-month scan with my oncologist to see where I was at," she said.
Her scans at the time showed her body was clear of the disease, so when she was sent for new tests the results came as the most horrific surprise.
Tests showed she had a 10cm mass on her liver, spots on her spine, as well as spots on her left lymph nodes and shoulder.
Treatment to arrest her illness has been swift, aggressive and expensive.
"I have had a new treatment that isn't funded by the PBS and is normally $15,000," she said.
Instead, she plans to travel to Mexico to undergo treatment at the Hope4Life healing centre.
The facility, which also operates in Germany, offers a course of researched treatment which runs over three weeks and costs $75,000.
The treatment is a combination of conventional and alternative therapies and includes measures to boost the immune system, nutrition, detoxification and low-dose chemotherapy
Gorrick is expecting to have to make at least two visits to the centre, a process she and her family are desperately trying to raise funds for.
"The survival rate for those undergoing this treatment is up to 90 per cent," she said.
"I saw a doctor last week who said to me for the first time last week that I was stage four.
