My name is Gaynor Hart. I’m a wife and mother of two young daughters, now 11 and 13, living in Nova Scotia. I work full time as a corporate clerk in a busy law firm in downtown Dartmouth.
I’m writing to the Standing Committee on Health to share.......
On Dec 2 2024, we lost Tanja Harrison from metastatic breast cancer. Tanja was a daughter, sister, wife, mom, aunt, and friend to so many. She was 53 years old. She will also be greatly missed by the University and Library communities in Atlantic Canada, and the countless.......
I found a lump in my right breast Feb 2019. The mammogram did not indicate it the day I went. I had dense breasts. My GP had requested an ultrasound along with the mammogram. The breast clinic declined the request. I left concerned but was reassured that my age 51 it was most likely a…
I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Feb 2022 at the age of 56. I had Stage 2, Grade 2, infiltrating ductal carcinoma. My pathology report showed ER and PR + HER2 -, a 3.4 CM tumor and 2 lymph nodes with isolated tumor cells in them. There was also Lymphovascular invasion.....
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