Cancer changes people’s lives forever. The impacts can be physical, emotional, and psychological. Surgery and medication associated with cancer can also affect a person’s ability to have children.

For younger patients who haven’t started their families yet, the grief of this is very difficult to bear.

Martine was only 29 years old, with her whole life ahead of her when she learnt that she had breast cancer.

“You’re in fight or flight mode when you first get diagnosed and you fight the whole way through, but even when you finish active treatment, you’re still fighting. Reality kicks in and your mental health can be affected big time.”