Facing and fighting breast cancer together

Meet the women in pink – Linda Brand, Rezia Bruggemann, Penny Janse van Rensburg and Linda Sharp.

They are heading up the newly established Reach for Recovery branch on the South Coast.

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This wonderful group of trained volunteers, who have each experienced the breast cancer journey, will render emotional care and practical support to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients and their families.

The women recently attended a three-day intensive training course at the Cancer Association of South Africa’s Mkhuhla Care Home in Durban, and are now ready to help counsel, educate and give support to patients with breast cancer, or post-surgery.

Reach For Recovery volunteers provide all referred breast cancer patients with a temporary soft prosthesis, a bag for their port au vac drain, a cushion for under arm comfort and a firm sponge for hand and arm exercise. These items are provided free of charge.

The team will also be working alongside the South Coast Hospice.

“This support group is for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer and is on the road to recovery. We want you to know that you are not alone and that you should not feel helpless and hopeless but rather empowered,” said Ms Brand.

If you would like to come and meet them they will be at the Southcoast Mall (outside Dischem) selling fridge magnets, bracelets, key rings and pens on June 29 from 9am.

Reach For Recovery is an autonomous non-profit organisation run by volunteers since the late 1960s.

It is built on a simple yet universal principle: that of one woman who has experienced breast cancer herself giving freely of her time and experience to assist and support another woman with breast cancer.

For information contact Ms Brand at 083 511 0619.

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