After tests showed Tracey Taylor had aggressive cancer, she went under the knife the next day.
The Point Cook resident’s operation was followed by seven weeks of radiation treatment every day.
“Mine was caught and dealt with very quickly,” she says.
“It was devastating, and a total life change, but luckily I’m back at work now.”
Ms Taylor (pictured) and fellow organisers Bridgette Taylor and Sandra Bos drew more than 260 people to a fund-raising dinner at the Werribee’s Italian Social Club.
With a two-course dinner, band, raffles, silent auction and a bachelor auction, the function last Friday night raised more than $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
The money will go towards prevention programs, support services and cancer research.
Ms Taylor says cancer can creep into anyone’s lives unexpectedly, and stressed the importance of screening and diagnostic mammograms.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Australia. One in nine will develop breast cancer.
By 2015, 15,409 Australian women are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer every year — an average of 42 a day.
More details: nbcf.org.au
