Janet Mazenier admits to being unable to stomach breakfast on Saturday, only hours before she was having her hair shaved off. But she knows that fear and trepidation is nothing compared to what her brother David Downs went through when diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma. READ MORE:* Government to fund $4.9m over five years for cancer immunotherapy research* A mild touch of the cancer: In which David signs off* A mild touch of the cancer: In which David fails his test* A mild touch of the cancer: In which David discovers a love of sausagesHayley Mclarin/Supplied Too late to stop now. But the pair approached it with the same humour and optimism that saw the Stuff columnist through pioneering and life-saving cancer treatment in the United States in 2017. He wrote a regular column for Stuff “A Mild Touch of the Cancer”, and says that too helped save his life.

Source: Stuff May 08, 2021 17:03 UTC