Pink Drive

Last week of October 2009…I was diagnosed with breast cancer on the Pink Drive Mammography Truck at the end of October 2009.  I was given the choice by the surgeon to either have a lumpectomy and chemo or mastectomy.  Working with the disease and with a bit of inside information I chose to have a [...]

Christin Page Courage Award The Christin Page Courage Award was launched on 4th February 2012, World Cancer Day, in memory of Christin Susan Page, who died of breast cancer on 11 November 2011. Nominations for The Christin Page Courage Award are closed. The winner will be announced in October.   Sue Page, Christin’s Mom tells [...]

This was after she had completed a self breast examination and followed it up with a mammogram, which revealed a cancerous tumor in her right breast. Because of her role as Sr. Bettina in Soul City who was diagnosed with cervical cancer, she poured out all her tears playing the part and her confrontation with [...]

My name is Mashego Mashoto Makola, a 35 year old female, living in Bloemfontein. I am a breast cancer survivor. I met you at the Pink Drive mobile unit at the Pick n Pay Women’s Walk held at Grey College in Bloemfontein on Saturday, 21 January 2012. I want to thank you and your teammates [...]

I am a ‘cancer survivor’! I am in remission! (Not a word that I like using as for me, it means that ‘it’ may reappear…) My story should start 10 to 12 years ago….my marriage was under a lot of stress, our business was not doing well, our finances were stretched as we had incurred [...]

Cancer should be treated like any other disease It was during a family holiday to the Port Elizabeth coast in December 2002 that Rachel Kivedo’s life changed. A lump was discovered beneath Rachel’s left nipple and a biopsy, conducted after her holiday, confirmed that it was cancerous. On hearing her diagnosis, Rachel was shattered. She [...]

There’s the cliché “dreams do come true”. Cancer pushed me to reach my dream in life. I was studying to become a chartered accountant, and even had a bursary. In the back of my mind though I always wanted to be a radio deejay. A dream so far-fetched because I grew up in small towns [...]

Cancer has inspired me to reach out to others On a bright, sunny morning in December 1994 I, a 39 year old paraplegic, became aware of a lump in my left breast. As luck would have it, I was in hospital for spinal procedure when it the discovery was made and a doctor came straight [...]

I know more about breast cancer than any 31-year-old woman should know. I’ve survived my own ordeal and sadly lost a younger sister to this disease. My story is one that displays love, devotion and courage. It’s a story of two sisters that loved each other tremendously and walked the lesser trodden path hand-in-hand. At [...]