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Survivorship stories
The plight of cancer affects not only those fighting the disease, but their families and loved ones as well. In this section, a voice is given to cancer survivors, one that may prove to be inspirational and positively touch the lives of others.
ANNE TUCKER
For me every step will be a celebration of LIFE!
My encounter with breast cancer was very brief and I count myself extremely fortunate to have been diagnosed early and not to have had any treatment after surgery.
ANNELIE SAKER
Enjoy life. It’s like a Harley ride
I learnt to ride a Harley in 2008 when I participated in the Journey of Hope Breast Cancer Ride from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
CLAUDIA ZWANE
Every situation is a lesson
Having cancer taught me to be wiser and mostly, it taught me that there is no challenge that one cannot overcome.
ANNE BORREL
Running Comrades to celebrate 5 years of survivorship
Running has made my body strong again but more importantly it has given me an inner strength to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to.
FRIEDA HENNING
I want to make a difference out there
I went through the whole “feeling bad, losing the hair, eyelashes, eyebrows thing”. Every day, every week, every month, every year is a celebration of life.
HEATHER LARDER
My cancer story
Sometimes we need these wakeup calls in life to realize how fortunate we actually are and to appreciate the good times more so that we have the strength to handle the bad times too.
LYNETTE ENDEAN
It’s my 5 year anniversary - a really big date in a cancer survivor’s calendar
Two weeks before the mammogram I had had my pap smear at my gynaecologist and she had examined my breasts thoroughly and THERE WAS NO LUMP.
LYNN MACKENZIE
Going into hospital perfectly healthy to have radical surgery
I am grateful to have had the opportunity of trying preventative surgery which many woman have not even heard of.
LIZE DE JONGE
A tale of two sisters
I know more about breast cancer than any 31-year-old woman should know. I've survived my own ordeal and sadly lost a younger sister to this disease.
PENELOPE HOWIE
The cancer adventure
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30 and even though 'You have cancer' was the most devastating sentence I had ever heard, I found the next year of treatment to be the best year of my life.
JOLENE PANIS
Cancer waits for nobody
In my seventh month of pregnancy, I was in the shower when I came across a lump in my right breast.
GILL TAUBER
Cancer taught me that life is tenuous
I was healthy, fit, did not smoke and had no family history of breast cancer that I knew of. Also, there were no tell-tale lumps to detect that anything was wrong and no pain.
JOHN KIRTLAND
Modern Livingstone and breast cancer ambassador
Naturally inquisitive, sociable and loquacious, John Kirtland is a modern Livingstone, in both his fearless drive to discover things new and his intrepid approach to life.
TANYA LUE
From victim to warrior
Tanya is one of those people that when you meet her you are instantly drawn to her magnetic personality and want to make a best friend of her; she is beautiful, intelligent, warm, and wise.
LILLIAN DUBE
Early detection saves lives
Lillian Dube was diagnosed with breast cancer on 12 December 2007. This was after she had completed a self breast examination and followed it up with a mammogram, which revealed a cancerous tumor in her right breast.
MARIANNE BASSON
Cancer has inspired me to reach out to others
On a bright, sunny morning in December 1994 I, a 39 year old paraplegic, became aware of a lump in my left breast.
BRAD BROWN
89 memories, One Race.
My mom is fighting the battle against breast cancer as I write this. Her name is Lynthia and she is 59 years old.
MARK PILGRIM
There’s the cliché “dreams do come true”.
In my second year of university, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 testicular cancer.
JO-ANN POHL
Cancer picks its people and you're lucky if it chooses you
Over-achiever and current chief financial officer of Teba Bank, Jo-Ann Pohl, first discovered that all was not well during a visit to the gynaecologist for her annual check-up.
MALEBATSI POOE-SHONGWE
For the first time I allowed myself to process the fact that I have cancer
Malebatsi's journey with cancer began with what she refers to as a 'love thyself' day in March 2006, filled with decadent self-pampering.
YAVI MADUAI
I feel alive and know that I am now living in the moment
It's strange, how in a single brief moment in time, with only a few words spoken, one's life can change so completely.
RACHEL KIVEDO
Cancer should be treated like any other disease
It was during a family holiday to the Port Elizabeth coast in December 2002 that Rachel Kivedo's life changed.
TSHIDI MOSHESH
These beautiful breasts that are killing me
Tshidi began to experience a searing pain in her lower back on December 28, 2004.
SALLY ROBERTS
Cancer never crossed my mind, there was no family history
Sally had been living the high life in Dubai for three-years, when she became aware of a painful lump in her left breast.
CYNTHIA BARNARD
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2002 after returning from a holiday in the UK
Understandably, I was absolutely devastated and spent the first few days in bed crying and feeling very sorry for myself and ready to give up on life.
NORA MARGARET LEVER
I don't know why I have lived so long, but I do know that I am in God's hands
At 101-years of age, Nora Margaret Lever, better known as Molly, has led a charmed life.
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