
her breast cancer and his father prostate cancer.
Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling won a silver in the mens coxless pairs. Lawrence was treated for Hodgkins lymphoma in 2015 and unbelievably still managed to compete. In 2014, his performance was dropping despite working harder. "I was beginning to think there was a limit" he said. His mother, a palliative care nurse, became suspicious and ordered routine blood tests which led to the diagnosis. He put on 15 kg during his treatment and started training again in 2015. Having achieved his remarkable triumph, he now says, "Maybe there's no limit to what I can achieve"
Santiago Lange and from Argentina was the oldest Olympic medal winner at the age of 54. With his
team mate Cecilia Carranza Sasoli, he won a gold in a sailing event. He had lung cancer diagnosed last year and had half a lung removed. He was back on his bicycle 5 days post op and became obsessed with competing in Rio.
These inspiring stories and many other like them mean that I will am looking forward to attending the first Cancer Survivors Conference in Cape Town on 10th September 2016. If you haven't got your (free) ticket, please book before it is too late.
A really amazing conference indeed. I think such kind of conferences should be held form time to time since they help a lot of people with cancer.
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