Lina's Story

Lina is extremely positive about her life and her experiences of the last three years since diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

I am a 43 year old ovarian cancer survivor who 3 years ago was given one week to live...I would not trade the last 3 years for anything!

Sue's Story

Sue is an amazing person. She is a survivor of breast cancer who has lived with liver secondaries for twelve years. She shares her wisdom and gives us insights into her successful survival strategies. At the end of Sue's story there is a summary table of the treatments she has had.

I have met and talked with so many wonderful people, and I like to think that I might have helped them to realise that having liver metastases need not necessarily be a death sentence and that there are people who have lived with them for a long time.

NB: This is a detailed and updated version of Sue's story. Sue has taken the time to elaborate on the original version of her story that was published here as there has been so much interest from readers in her journey of survival. - Ed. [30th May, 2002]

Phil's Story

Phil writes about the experience of supporting his wife, Lyn, when she was diagnosed with melanoma.

Her fight was a courageous one and the support of the cancer support group was invaluable. We also gathered as much medical information about the disease as we could and educated ourselves.

Tammy's Story

Tammy is Kath's daughter (see next story below).

If you get to know someone with cancer very close or if you get cancer yourself, you have to have friends and family because I think the person with cancer cannot be strong and a fighter unless the people around that person are strong too.

Kath writes about her experiences through the diagnosis and treatment of her primary and secondary tumours and the important role played by the support of family, friends and cancer support groups.

We thought we had kicked the cancer in the butt and here we were starting all over again!

... I was given approx 12 weeks to live.

Well I'm still here! ... I am lucky to have a loving. supportive hubby and the kids. Family and friends plus all our support groups make this thing so much easier. I am also a stubborn yet positive person and if I can help anyone, I would like to!

I would love for you to post my story and address over the site so that people could possibly contact me with questions and/or responses.  I know that there are many out there with same or similar circumstances that I would love to hear from and respond back to.

My experience has taught me and my friends not to just accept diagnosis and treatment but to find out for yourself what the latest and most effective treatment is for your particular problem, and to have an interested and co-operative oncologist.

I took a deep breath, said you could do what you liked but I was just going to do what we came for without thinking about it.

I realised it was very important for me to become pro-active on my own behalf and that I was the major player in this drama as it unfolded.

It is the patient’s body and mind that will, in the end, win or lose the battle against the invading cancer cells.