CANCER survivor Sara Cutting is expecting severe withdrawal symptoms when she gets out of bed today.

As for the last 365 days, the first thing she has done each morning is don her make-up, pick out a hat and post a selfie of herself on Facebook.

Yesterday was the final day of her year-long challenge of posting a photograph online wearing different headgear.

Ms Cutting, from Brighton, has not missed a single day since beginning her challenge back in October 2014, and she has attracted support and hats from around the world, including Australia and the US.

Over the months her headwear has ranged from the exotic and flamboyant to food, board games and household appliances.

The daily challenge was the 47-year-old's way of dealing with her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer after she was diagnosed last year.

Yesterday we featured 80 of her 365 photos, along with a spread celebrating her incredible achievement - which has seen her raise thousands of pounds for charity while increasing awareness of cancer.

The 47-year-old said: "Someone handed me the The Argus and I started crying, it was just so wonderful.

"It has been an emotional day. Looking back, a year ago I was walking up to the Royal Sussex County Hospital to start my chemotherapy. Now I'm through the other side and all this has happened.

"It is going to be very strange on Wednesday morning, I'm not going to know what to do with myself. I think I will certainly have some withdrawal symptoms."

Ms Cutting enlisted the help of her make-up artist friend Mark Chapman in making her final flamboyant hat. Comprised of pink and black feathers with numerous jewels and sparkly items, it nearly touched the ceiling when she put it on.

She added: "Sean has been amazing, he did my make-up as well which is fantastically over-the-top. I look a bit like Toyah Wilcox at the moment.

"I hope people like the final hat, it is my way of saying thank you for all the fantastic support over the year."

When she started the challenge she aimed to raise £200 for Macmillan Cancer Support. However, she has now passed the £15,000 mark with the money still coming in.

Although the challenge is now over she has promised to post the occasional guest hat and is organising a charity sale of all the hats she has been sent.

She added: "I need to keep an eye on things, but I am a lot better now. I'm no longer scared of the future, you just have to take things day by day - that is what I have taken from this challenge."