By Abigail Headley
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is a time where people take part in related activities to remember those who lost the battle, to show support to those who are currently fighting, or to celebrate with those who have overcome the dreaded disease. Every year, the Guyana Cancer Foundation hosts different activities in observance of the month. This year’s celebration has been dubbed “Pink Power”.
Stabroek News caught up with some breast cancer survivors who hope to inspire women who might have just been diagnosed and or motivate others to have breast exams and mammograms. Here is one of those stories:
Rehana Jagdeo was living a normal life, raising her two children and working as a nursing assistant/phlebotomist at Southern Medical Clinic (SMC) in Trinidad, when her life was turned upside down in May 2018 with a breast cancer diagnosis.
