Acknowledgments

I thank everyone who supported me throughout this journey back to health from the bottom of my heart. Even though you shall remain nameless to protect your privacy and mine, you know who you are and what you did (or did not do). I will forever be filled with love and gratitude for your acts of kindness, and I will do my very best to pay them forward to honour you.

My “Canadian parents,” Leonore and Jim, and my “Canadian sister,” Pauline, left us in 2019 and 2020, respectively, to watch this part of my life story unfold from the other side. I owe them a lot, and I miss them even more.

I am grateful to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency to whom I have presented my patient story twice to date: to its Board members on October 7, 2021, and to its Senior Leadership Team on July 11, 2023. On November 27, 2021, I was also the featured speaker of the Ovarian Cancer Canada Saskatchewan support group’s Christmas event in Regina, Saskatchewan.

I am a proud supporter of the Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation.