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My Squat Challenge for breast cancer research
56 Australians will be diagnosed with breast cancer today and a further 9 will die. I want to make a difference to the lives of those 56 Australians impacted by the disease - that is why I am taking on the Squat Challenge to raise vital funds for world-class breast cancer research. But I need your help.
Please support my squat challenge to save lives and make a difference.
Every donation, big or small, will get me closer to reaching my goal and helping the National Breast Cancer Foundation end deaths from breast cancer.
My Top Donors
Sally Anne Martin
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My Achievements
My Pledge For Breast Cancer Research
Shared My Page
Added My Profile Pic
Got My First Donation
Post on Tribute Wall
Raised $100 For Breast Cancer Research
Raised $250 For Breast Cancer Research
Halfway to My Fundraising Goal
Reached My Fundraising Target
Logged My First Squats
Halfway to My Squat Goal
Reached My Squat Goal
My Updates
My breast cancer journey
Wednesday 28th Jan Way back in 2014 my husband and I had the start of the year that we’d both want to forget!! In January 2014 my husband Scott had a stroke!! Drs couldn’t work out why so said “lose some weight” and blah blah.. So I put Scott on a strict diet (from the dietitian) we’d only been married 1 1/2 years so I want going to lose him so quickly!! Ie I’d been told to lose weight years before too as I had PCOS but guess what didn’t!! So bring on April (Easter holidays) Scott had lost 15k and I 10k.. that’s when it happened I’d lost weight but lost it also in my boobs and whilst showering washing my boobs I felt it ? I started to cry (don’t know why) but yelled out to Scott to feel it.. more crying! Went straight to the dr who organised ultrasound!! When chick was doing ultrasound I told her what had happened to Scott and how I had lost weight too and found the lump!! She said you may not have found it if you hadn’t of lost weight!! It was like a serendipity moment - I’d been told to loss weight didn’t but when it was affected Scott’s health I went all out.. I thank God everyday that Scott had his stroke as I may not have found my lump until it was too late!! We had plans with Scott’s mate Ben to head over to Couran cove on his boat but the dr was saying to come in and get my results and I said no we’re going away!! (I knew what he was going to tell me and wanted to enjoy our little holiday away!!) but he said sally you live 5 minutes away get in here! So I did and got that news that no one ever wants to hear.. (to be continued)We went on our little trip away and went out on the boat to Couran cove!! On our journey over to the island ?? our boat was surrounded by dolphins ? and I just had a wave of calmness come over me and I knew that I would be ok!! When we got back from our getaway it was go go go!! Hadn’t had the opportunity to try or have kids yet so they recommended IVF and store our embryos until we were ready.. they organised chemo x 2 so potent stuff to shrink the lump then I was to have a lumpectomy then chemo again!! Then radiation then a drug called herception (I called it the Pac-Man drug to clean up anything left behind) so from April 2014 to January 2015 I was under some type of treatment.. it was then said that they wouldn’t recommend me continuing my ivf as my cancer was estrogen driven and the next spot it would come back would be my ovaries!! So made that decision to have a hysterectomy- so no more needle to lower my estrogen levels-not going to lie but every month that Scott gave me the needle it hurt ?) I couldn’t at that time make that hard decision so looked into surrogacy.. couldn’t go down that avenue either but we had to start paying for storage of our embryos.. so since 2015 every 6 months I pay a storage fee cause now I can’t get rid of them!! I thought about donating them but then the dr said if you carry the bracka gene you can’t donate ? so when we go to John Flynn we wave at our 5 “kids”..
It’s now been over 10 years (and even though I’ve had a few scares) I’m 10 years + clear and no longer see my lovely oncologist but see my breast dr twice a year and have scans and blood tests to keep an eye on me..
It wasn’t an easy journey but I made it and with Scott’s help we laughed and laughed!! (I’d heard laughter is the best medicine) so during my chemo sessions we watched funny movies/shows where the nurses would come and ask were we ok haha ? I’m blessed and grateful that I’m still here and try and make each day as blessed as possible.. you may see my insta and Facebook full of affirmations and positivity and funny videos as I still believe I’m here for a reason and will continue to advocate for breast cancer research..
PS there’s still tid bits of my story I have left out so let me know if you want to hear more..
