Share something with us about yourself, Yvonne?

Y: I felt a lump on my left boob two to three months after I had just given birth. Back then, I delayed my check as I was complacent. By the 4th month, the lump had grown so I went to get a scan and did a biopsy to remove the 1.8cm lump. On Mother’s Day week, my breast surgeon called and told me I was diagnosed with cancer. My world stopped and crashed. I was trying to swallow the news I just received, and I went for a long shower to calm myself. I remembered my husband hugging me tightly when I came out of the shower, asking if I am ok because I did not cry nor have any huge reaction. I walked to the bedroom and looked at my 4 month old daughter sleeping peacefully. I stood next to her cot and whispered to her, “For you, mummy will stop eating chocolates because it’s dairy and it’s bad. For you, I will win this.”

From being stuck in an endless pity-depressing hole, I shot right out of it. The news slapped me right out of my depression, and I ditched the world that crashed and began building a new world, armed with a whole new troop of friends and families to fight this battle. Aside from detoxing all the good and bad cells from my body, it felt like I detoxed my mind and my circle of friends too. I learnt to spend time wisely with people who matter, I learnt not to judge. Cancer patients or people who have illnesses may not look like one. I learnt to prioritise myself, and to never procrastinate. Most importantly, I learnt to “let go” of things that do not matter.