Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation is ramping awareness about cancer care and research through its annual fundraiser Illuminight which has raised more than $500,000 in donations since 2018.
61-year-old Sharon Walker is looking forward to family time and vacations after surviving cancer, twice. Walker is sending a message to everyone to do their annual checkups.
Walker is a survivor of breast cancer and leukemia. She’s battled both illnesses in the last six years. It all started back in 2014 when she had a clean screening but then six months later tumors developed and she had a mastectomy. Walker began chemotherapy right away and recovered. Fast forward to just last year, she began to feel ill again.
“I had bruises on my arms, bruises on my legs, lots of them all of a sudden… Went for blood work, and my doctor called me back the very next day and said ‘Sharon get to the hospital right away,'” Walker said.
Walker says she was also feeling fatigued at the time but didn’t think it was medical because of a recent job loss. Doctors at Juravinski hospital then administered chemotherapy again and she became eligible for a stem cell transplant.
The Juravinski medical team who treated Walker is telling people to book an appointment if they feel it’s needed. Dr. Kylie Lepic says throughout the pandemic, treatment for blood cancers has not slowed down.
Walker says she sees Dr. Lepic once every three months and can’t wait to book more getaway trips with her loved ones.
Juravinski Cancer Centre: Illuminight aims to raise awareness about cancer care, research - CHCH News
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