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Your gift will provide crucial support to cancer patients and their families at a time in their lives when they need it most.

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Mother of three, Zains moved to Aotearoa New Zealand from Iraq when she was young. She settled in and made New Zealand home. She met her partner in 2010 and the couple went on to build a life and a family.

A couple of years after her last child was born, Zains noticed her right arm and leg would heat up and become heavy and she began to experience muscle spasms in her face. Concerned, her doctor sent her for a brain scan to find out what was happening.

“They found out I had a brain tumour. It was a lot to take. I wanted to just forget about it, focus on the kids and have a good day,” says Zains.

Muscle spasms, loss of balance, drowsiness, and changes in speech or vision are all symptoms of a number of ailments, including a brain tumour. Brain tumours are more common in older people and more likely to develop in men, so as a young mother, Zains' diagnosis was surprising.

Zains
I will help provide tools for people like Zains

Every day 71 New Zealanders will hear the words "I'm sorry, you have cancer". The news is always unsettling, and parents of young children, like Zains, begin to think about the difficult conversations they need to have with their kids.

The Supportive Care team at the Cancer Society have a whole toolbox to help. Your previous support has enabled our team to develop "how to" guides and video resources to help people with cancer to initiate challenging conversations with their children and others. Will you donate today to help people with cancer to navigate tricky discussions around their diagnosis?

We don't want anyone to go through cancer alone. Thank you for ensuring that our services are here for people like Zains and her children, now and in the future.

Ngā mihi nui – thank you,

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Dr Rachael Hart
Chief Executive

Cancer Society of New Zealand

Otago and Southland Division

 

P.S. A brain tumour and a relationship break down turned Zains' world upside down. But Graham was there to help Zains when she was most vulnerable. A donation means professionals like Graham can be there for anyone with any cancer.

Rachael
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Cancer Society Otago & Southland Division Inc.
PO Box 6258, Dunedin 9059
283 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016
T: 03 477 7447

 

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