She’s 45 and needs her parents’ help to pay for cancer treatment

Nur (right) with her parents Shuib Hassan (left) and Noraini Abdullah, having a celebratory dinner after her first brain craniotomy in August 2015. Despite being retired, her parents are covering most of Nur’s cancer costs. — Photos: Nur Akmar Shuib

Imagine being 45 years old and still needing your parents’ financial support. No, this is not a case of being too lazy to support yourself or being unable to find a job.

Previously a marketing and administration executive at a multinational company, Nur Akmar Shuib and her husband decided that she would be a stay-at-home mum when her first daughter was born in 2011.