7 Oct 2022

Don’t Delay Fun

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Sweet Louise Member Claire McLintock has produced a limited-edition range of t-shirts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month featuring the slogans ‘F*** Cancer’ and ‘Don’t Delay Fun’. All proceeds go directly to support Sweet Louise! Claire says: “My name is Claire and I am one of the 350 New Zealanders each year who has been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. “Living with a diagnosis of incurable cancer is hard. At times … Read More
21 Jul 2022

Accept the diagnosis, defy the verdict!

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Barbara McNaught from Auckland shares her story of hope – having been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer 20 years ago. “I’m in a good place now but I never take anything for granted. Having Sweet Louise in the background has been my ‘backbone’,” says Barbara. “I was the 6th in my family to get breast cancer (there has since been a 7th) so I had been vigilant and caught it … Read More
14 May 2022

Live more. Fear less!

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“Being diagnosed with terminal breast cancer has made me start living my best life. I can’t control the cancer, but I can control how I respond,” says Karen Barnett from Auckland, who was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in early 2021. “2021 was the start of a journey I was NOT expecting in life…especially not at the age of 38. I have breast cancer with secondary breast cancer in the … Read More
27 Jan 2022

I can now stand up boldly

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“Sweet Louise has inspired me not to allow the cancer to control my life. I want to live life to the full,” says Metua Ngamata-Rorani, a mum and grandma from Auckland. Through her job as a social worker, Metua was used to advocating for others, but not for herself. Her manager at work convinced Metua to get a mammogram. “I was asked to make a follow up appointment. I knew … Read More
9 Aug 2021

Happiness is a choice

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“Happiness is a choice,” says Bridget Tyson, age 33 and mum to nine-month-old Mohi. “There is a time and a place for sadness, but I want to live, feel joy and have a happy life with my family.” Bridget was six months pregnant when she was diagnosed with metastatic, incurable breast cancer. A donation today will help make sure Sweet Louise can be there for Bridget and for every New … Read More
2 Jul 2021

Laugh. Love and hug. Do your best!

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“I am part Cook Islander and a NZ-born Kiwi,” says Sweet Louise member Mareta Marsters-Grubner. “I grew up in west Auckland. I have three adult sons – two living in Perth and one in Taranaki. “I had early breast cancer in 2006. Then following a double mastectomy in 2007 – all was hunky dory for the next 11 years. “The day before Mother’s Day 2018, I was home alone dog-sitting … Read More
14 Jun 2021

Never gonna keep me down!

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Never gonna keep me down! Tania Honey is a part-time primary school teacher. She lives in Auckland with her three teenage boys – age 13, 15 and 16 – her husband and cat. “I had my original diagnosis in 2011 and at the time I had a mastectomy, chemo and radiation,” says Tania. “After being in remission for eight years, I started experiencing pain in my ribs. Eventually, an x-ray … Read More
5 Jun 2021

I can get on with my life!

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I can’t change what has happened, but I can get on with my life! Karen Daniels, a mum of two from Auckland, was 41 when she received her diagnosis of advanced breast cancer in 2015. “When I heard the diagnosis I couldn’t understand how this could be happening to me. I was young and fit. I was a regular at the gym, training six days a week for power lifting … Read More
30 Mar 2021

I cannot be cured, yet every day I feel healed

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Natalie Yeoman from Dunedin is a mother, grandmother, teacher, poet, writer and musician. Natalie shares here her difficult story of missed signs and ‘failure to treat’ that eventually led to incurable breast cancer. She also shares her positivity, her gratitude for your support, and some of her beautiful poetry. “In spite of regular self-examination and mammograms, my breast cancer was not picked up until the beginning of 2015. I first … Read More
24 Aug 2020

You give me the energy to keep on going

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In January 2020, 33-year-old teacher Nikki Black found out that her breast cancer had spread to her bones, making it incurable, but treatable. Nikki lives in Auckland with her partner and her two girls – Keira, age 11, and Alisha, age 8.“In November 2019 I was busy with term four activities when I woke up one night and felt a lump. At first the news sounded OK – the cancer … Read More

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