One of Australia’s greatest track and field athletes, Raelene Boyle brought audiences to their feet for over fourteen years of international competition. Raelene first took the international stage in Mexico City in 1968 winning silver at the age of just 16, a promise of things to come…

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Three months ago, I was a normal 26 year old; building a career and juggling a busy social life. I had no idea I had a cancerous tumour growing in me. Like many diagnosed with ovarian cancer, there were few, if any warning signs. So when a general check up turned into a series of ultrasounds and scans, I was more than a taken aback, I was scared…

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I remember teasing Mum because she’d started gaining a bit of weight around her middle and had been complaining of strained tummy muscles, Mum assumed it was from overdoing it in the garden. Mum was diagnosed on the 9th May 2003, the day that our lives changed forever. From that date we never took a minute with her for granted…

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My mum, Susan McDonald, was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer in April 2005. Her diagnosis was an incredible shock to the family as mum had been visiting her GP for 2 years prior to being diagnosed complaining of feeling unusual, tired, and swollen and often having strong back and abdomen pain. Her GP continuously assured mum that she was most likely going through menopause…

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My 27 year daughter had been unwell for a while. She was struggling to breath and was suffering agonising back pain. After a series of tests and X rays it was confirmed that she had pneumonia and she was given a course of antibiotics. The pain in her back was something thought to be unconnected to the pneumonia and tests indicated that something was wrong with her bones…

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