Why April 11th is a special day

Hi and thanks for taking the time to read :)

April 11th happens to be the day that my spouse Tracy was diagnosed with breast cancer. 3 years ago, it was sunny day I remember. Tracy dropped myself and our son Nathan off at the Mount Pleasant Family Centre for a morning of play. She was going for a mammogram at the Ultrasound clinic on Victoria Drive. She had found a suspicious lump that was going to be checked out... I remember thinking, we don't need to go, no big deal, perhaps she's overreacting. WEll, guess what! it was in fact breast cancer! 34 yrs old healthy woman. WHAT? this doesn't happen to people like us..we exercise, eat well.

So the chaos begins.. I get the phone call but I still don't believe it. A mistake? must be, they'll redo the test, it will all be fine. No, it's real..

25 rounds of chemo, double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, more more more dr's appts and recovery. All of this while struggling to keep the family together, not to disrupt Nathan too much as he was only 17 months old. Thankfully Tracy's mom came out to help from Toronto for a few months.

This story is very positive because Tracy is doing fantastic! I always knew she would would beat the cancer and she did!

I will tell you something though.. If we didn't have a special little something in place called Critical Illness insurance I'm not sure where we would have been.
We were able to put all of our energy into her getting better and not stressed about finances. I believe this made a huge difference in recovery time for her and me being able to be there for her.

The rest of the story is history, except that every women,child and man needs to have this coverage. You may be fortunate to have a group plan that includes this. If not, I highly recommend looking into to for yourself and your family. I fear that if we didn't have this coverage the outcome may have been a lot different.

Please contact me if you would like to know the whole story...

Karen
604-603-8571
karen.divenanzo@sunlife.com