On the day of her late brother’s birthday, Bernice Heisler was diagnosed with cancer. “That phone call hit me like a ton of bricks,” she recalls. Bernice Heisler’s cancer journey began in 2019 when she found a lump in her left breast while on vacation in BC. When she was tested, it was found to … Read More
Tyra Langille was only 25 years old when she was diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma. The Edmontonian shares her cancer journey and why it’s important to her to raise awareness for oral cancer and advocate for other young cancer patients. My journey is not over, the healing process is slow and I take every … Read More
Katie Cowie’s cancer journey began when she found a lump in her right breast in late March of 2021. She was officially diagnosed a month later with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, HER2+. Shortly after, Katie received a bilateral mastectomy at the Peter Lougheed Hospital, followed by chemotherapy and maintenance therapy at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. … Read More
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