SHE is not very tall, but you could not miss her in her bright pink silk oufit during a breast cancer lunch in Cape Town recently. And there is something else about Mrs Indira Lalloo from Rylands in Cape Town that makes her special. Almost a year ago, she was diagnosed as having breast cancer. Things did not look good at all, but on this Wednesday in October, Breast Cancer Month, she attended the lunch - as an inspiration for many women.
The lunch at the Arabella Sheraton Hotel was held in aid of breast cancer treatment for indigent women. Funds raised will be used to upgrade the out-patients' area at Tygerberg Hospital.
I sat next to Indara Lalloo at the lunch when Prof Justus Apffelstaedt, one of the speakers, introduced her to the audience. The importance of early detection through a mammogram was stressed throughout the meeting, as well as the fact that breast cancer can affect all ages.
Speaking to Lalloo during the lunch, I found out she is an active role?player in her community, and did not feel sick at all when she underwent her first mammogram last year after a talk at her local women's club.
But the diagnosis was not good. This brave Hindu mother of two daughters and a son went through 11 chemotherapy sessions because of cancer in one of her breasts. Although she lost a breast, she did not lose her dignity.
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