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So this week all around the world there has been a lot of beautiful ladies baring it all in the name of Cancer.This campaign sits close to my heart having had two of the most inspiring people in my life, be taken from this world by such a cruel heartbreaking disease.
I knew Cancer had always been around ,and I believe it has been since anyone ever walked this earth, but it never effected me until the day my Grandad was diagnosed with an extremely rare terminal cancer in April 2010 at the age of 66 years young. That was a day I will never forget, the pain my heart felt as I imagined life without this man who was the most amazing father figure I could of ever asked for growing up.
That same year early on my beautiful Nana had been having issues with her back, she endured an operation in which was to correct a slipped disc and within a couple of weeks after this she was in severe pain. What that doctor didn't see was a large mass on the front of her spine. In the July 2010 she was diagnosed with lymphoma.
This was yet another blow for my extremely close family, not only was my Nana dealing with the fact her husband of 47 years wasn't going to be around much longer, she herself was uncertain of her own health outcome. Both of my Grandparents were in their 60's , they were otherwise healthy, fit and enjoying life together and with their families.
As the weeks went by my Nana was then hospital bound having lost full mobility of her legs, my Grandad was also making other numerous trips to the hospital having the occasional radiation treatment to help keep the mass at bay. Amongst all of this they lost their home during the September Earthquake. I tell you what that hospital is somewhere I never want to see the walls of again. The heartache, the tears and the pain that went on in there is a time in my life I never ever want to relive.
My Nana lost her battle in January 2011 at the age of 65, although never being told she was terminal it became clear near the end when she was moved into a hospice that there was no going back. My family stayed with her night in and night out, my Grandad by her bedside every minute of every day portraying that true love will never ever die.
Life was a struggle after my Nana died as everyone tried to cope as best as they could, that we would not see her smiling face again, but we had to fight on and be strong for my Grandad who too was heartbroken yet fighting himself to stay alive.
My Grandad passed away at home surrounded by the entire family in August 2012 at the age of 69, listening to his favourite song The Gambler by Kenny Rogers he drifted away to be reunited with my Nana, who he wasn't the same without.
Cancer has changed my life as I'm sure it has a lot of others, if you ever have a slight feeling that you need to go to the doctors, PLEASE DO! This bastard does not go away and the pain it causes is something I wouldn't wish on anyone.Look after your families,look after yourselves and please be AWARE.
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