In 2009, Amina Hassan passed her hand over one of her breasts and felt a lump, she immediately became alert and in the process a wave of fear washed over her. About two months and several doctor visits later, inclusive of hospitalization, her worse fears were confirmed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“Girl when I heard that news, I cry and I cry and the doctor tried to comfort and even he and all start to cry, you know. He was old and a very nice doctor… I felt that my world is over,” Hassan, now 75, shared of that day when she was diagnosed.
Thereafter, a journey of recovery began; it was not an easy road, in fact it was one filled with bumps and detours and one that she felt she would not have made to the end.
“I had to take chemotherapy and it was so hard,