"I was 34 years old, very disciplined with my diet and gym, definitely in my best shape and feeling in peak of my health. Yet, I was just diagnosed with breast cancer stage 3, triple negative. It was a shock
Not long after I started chemotherapy, I couldn’t work anymore. So, in a matter of weeks from my diagnosis my husband became our sole provider and my caretaker. As an immigrant in Australia, I only have my husband as family here. As much as we've always been financially organized, we could never have prepared ourselves for the months to come.
There was a lot of pain, tears, fear, and physical isolation from people. But, also there were good surprises and support, like the one we had with Rise Above.
They played an important role in relieving some of the stress that we didn’t even know we could face during this time. Not only that but the kindness and care that they treated us, from signing up, to giving us all the information we needed, to providing us with support, was simply incredible.
We’ll always be very grateful.”
- Lari
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