Lyn's Story
Hi, I’m Lyn. In March 2022 I turned 60. My husband and I had an overnight trip to the Blue Mountains to celebrate. We hiked, dined out, felt every bit of that hike, checked out some galleries and had a swim before heading back to Sydney. I felt complete – for the first time in my life truly happy with who I was.
In June 2022, I sat across from my GP as she advised that I had cancer. A panicked thought filled my head; “Oh f**k, I’m dead!”. I reached out to a friend who connected me to the cancer care space at Westmead Hospital. A number of appointments followed; the diagnosis of stage 4 ovarian cancer was delivered with a 5 year survival rate of less than 50%.
Marathons 4 Cancer is about me – finding relevance, a cause, a motivator.
Marathons 4 Cancer is about you – raising awareness about ovarian cancer and raising funds to help change the story of ovarian cancer.
Commencing Wednesday May 8th – World Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day, I intend to start 42 consecutive days of physical activity at Stanhope Leisure Centre. If successful, over the course of 42 days, I will have completed 5.5 x 42km marathons. The money raised will go directly to support research being undertaken in The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre.
To read more about Lyn's story, visit The Pulse.
Ovarian Cancer - changing the story
Increased awareness of Ovarian Cancer may lead to more early stage diagnoses and with that an improvement in survival rates. The biggest game changer however seems to be coming from the development of personalised treatments.
Research over the last 10 years has shown that there are many different types of ovarian cancer. Understandably the “one treatment fits all’ approach hasn’t worked for everyone.
Funds raised from Marathons 4 Cancer will be directed to Westmead Hospital's Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre to support the work they are doing in to the delivery of personalised medicine known as targeted therapies.
