Stories

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Everyone who has been affected by cancer has a story. Here are a few provided by patients, survivors, and their families in Southeastern Manitoba.

My Own Best Advocate: A Survivor’s Story

My name is Vendy. I am a wife, a mother of two (ages 11 and 13) and I am a breast cancer survivor. Through my cancer journey, I quickly learned that cancer brings on every emotion you can imagine. My journey started in March 2022 when I felt a lump. I spoke to my...

Becoming A Point of Hope for Others

My reason for becoming a volunteer driver for SCSS was my cancer journey with my Mom. The number of appointments and treatments was almost overwhelming. Every second Friday, my Mom and I would sit down to look at her cancer schedule. Then my siblings and I would see...

A Little Goes a Long Way

My name is Crystal and I am the Administrative Assistant here at SCSS. I am also a cancer widow. I have lost many family members to cancer over the years, but experiencing the cancer journey as a partner and caregiver definitely gave me a new prospective on what that...

Carry Me Through: A Survivor’s Story

My journey started when I found a lump in my breast and decided to ask my doctor about it. On April 1st, 2022, I was just entering the change room at Thermëa when I got the call from my family doctor, confirming that it was breast cancer. It was definitely not the...