“When you become a survivor, you become a warrior” – 59-year-old breast cancer survivor

The night began like any other when Shelly Khan was preparing for bed, slipping out of her clothes and into the familiar comfort of her nightdress, when her hands brushed against something unusual. Beneath her fingers was a small, hard lump, no bigger than a seed.

At the time she was just 29 years old and Khan did not know what the lump was or what it could mean. As thoughts and possibilities raced through her mind, she refused to let the night swallow her in uncertainty. As the sun rose the following morning, she had already decided that she would not sit with the fear and wonder what it meant.

Khan recounted the series of events that followed her discovery with this publication, describing how quickly her life began to change.