Heart And Soul: Finding strength in the storm


The writer (with flowers) photographed with the kind and attentive nurses at the Oncology Daycare Centre after seven months of chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment. — SUSAN CHANDY

YOU never truly know how strong you are until life tests you in ways you never imagined. For me, that test came in the form of a cancer diagnosis – an aggressive type that demanded immediate action.

Just after my 59th birthday, I woke up to an unexpected pain in my upper arm. Initially, I brushed it off, but when the pain persisted, instinct led me to massage my upper torso. That’s when I felt it – a small lump in my left breast.

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