“For me, breast cancer has been a gift in some ways. It’s helped me to prioritise and really see what matters the most. It’s also helped me to understand so much more about life, about myself, and about the people I love”

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so we have teamed up with Breast Cancer Foundation to share stories of women across Singapore who have battled, or are fighting, breast cancer. Amy Neary’s story is heartbreaking but overall inspiring and uplifting. Amy was first diagnosed aged 44, with a later stage of an aggressive form of breast cancer when she finally went for a mammogram on the urging of a friend. That friend saved her life. What is so remarkable about Amy is her ability to see positivity in her situation even after a full mastectomy and reconstructive surgery on her right side plus years of chemotherapy, maintenance drugs and reconstructive surgery. Amy, a mother to one son, says life after cancer is actually better than it was before cancer. Read her story and her wise words that will hopefully encourage any women battling cancer themselves.