Credit: Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink The goal of the play is not just to tell Marcy’s story, but to help medical professionals, friends, family and even strangers learn how they can best support those with cancer while keeping a sense of humor, said Fink.
During her cancer journey, Marxer would turn to humor by creating images she would share with others online. They were cartoons but they were more like tips for people going through something, said Marxer. She made all of these iPad cartoons and she would post them on Facebook and literally hundreds and hundreds of people started following this because they, too, were either going through cancer or they were the partner of someone going through cancer, said Fink.
You can karaoke your way to the top and be raising money for breast cancer patients while doing it. Every Thursday from June 3rd through July 29th at the Cannery Bar and Grill in Woolmarket, fifteen men and women will be competing against each other in a karaoke contest. The champions will move on to […]
Sharing knowledge about breast cancer could save lives. (Ave Calvar Martinez/Pexels)
Women who cannot afford silicone prostheses or breast reconstruction will benefit from the Knit-for-Cansa project.
Women who have had a mastectomy [a surgical removal of the breast] and cannot afford breast reconstruction surgery or silicone prostheses are set to benefit from the Knit-for-Cansa project which aims to provide at least 2 000 women with knitted prosthetic breasts.
Helping Hand and the Cancer Society of South Africa (Cansa) joined forces to have these knitted breasts ready in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
“This year, in collaboration with Cansa and the FroueVonds, we are tackling the Knit-for-Cansa Project under the banner of #BosomFriends,” says Benette Welman, Project Organiser at Solidarity Helping Hand and the FroueVonds.