A woman battling ‘incurable and terminal’ cancer is refusing to give into the dreadful disease she fears will rob her children of their mother, despite the fact that she was told she wouldn’t be here by Christmas.
Mother-of-three Susan Cox, 33, was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer two years ago, and after undergoing a taxing double mastectomy, it returned with a vengeance for a second time.
Recently, Susan shared a victorious update after visiting the hospital for a scan, where she found there were ‘no active cancer cells lighting up, and no new metastasis’.
‘Statistics told us I wouldn’t be here this Christmas, but they sorely underestimated. My cancer may be stubborn but so am I!,’ the brave woman from Brisbane wrote on Facebook.
A woman battling ‘incurable and terminal’ cancer is refusing to give into the dreadful disease she fears will rob her children of their mother (Susan Cox pictured with one of her children)
Mother-of-three Susan Cox (pictured with her family), 33, was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer two years ago, and after undergoing a taxing double mastectomy, it returned with a vengeance for a second time
‘Statistics told us I wouldn’t be here this Christmas, but they sorely underestimated. My cancer may be stubborn but so am I!,’ the brave woman from Brisbane (pictured) said
Susan’s battle with cancer has been peppered with both joy and tragedy.
The 33-year-old fell pregnant with her third child six months after surgery, however she lost her unborn baby girl at the five-month mark in an ‘excruciating loss’.
She delivered her lifeless daughter, Alivia, following a harrowing 18-hour labour and said goodbye to her little girl.
Two months later Susan was pregnant with her son, Levi, and only six weeks after giving birth she was diagnosed with stage four cancer.
It was found the cancer had invaded into her breastbone and crept into the outer lining of her lung and heart.
Desperate to see her children grow up, the mother (pictured during radiation) has explored countless avenues to treat her cancer, including fundraising for potentially lifesaving treatment in Germany
The young mum (pictured with her family) is now taking a ‘more holistic approach to help with the healing’
Since then, Susan and her family have been raising money on GoFundMe for her chemotherapy and the potentially life-saving treatment she can only access in Germany.
Desperate to see her children grow up, the young mother has explored countless avenues to treat her cancer.
This latest scan is a sliver of hope for the family.
While Susan said she is ‘celebrating this as a massive victory’, she knows there is still a long road ahead.
‘I’m INCREDIBLY high risk of the cancer returning, the next five years are the most crucial, and although the mass that remains is not currently active, the cells could merely be lying dormant, waiting for their opportunity to spread and metastasize once again,’ she wrote on Facebook.
But, she continued, instead of ‘doing nothing until the next scan’, she is working on taking a ‘more holistic approach to help with the healing’.
‘From organic eating, supplements, exercise and oxygen therapy, to meditation, inner healing and immune therapies, [I am trying it].
‘After further inquiries, the clinic in Germany is still significantly out of our financial reach, but we are moving forward with what we can here in the meantime, and pursuing further opportunities for small trips at other wellness clinics overseas,’ Susan added.
‘I’m INCREDIBLY high risk of the cancer returning, the next five years are the most crucial, and although the mass that remains is not currently active, the cells could merely be lying dormant,’ Susan (pictured with her children) said
‘This amazing report has given us more time, and we now diligently move forward without the same massive cloud looming over our heads,’ Susan (pictured with her partner) said
Susan’s (pictured) family and friends remain determined to help her when they can, with her partner saying ‘Suz is the strongest woman I know’
Speaking about the development, the mother revealed that the ‘radical treatment of radiation and chemo was as successful as the doctors could have hoped in getting ahead of this tumour.
‘This amazing report has given us more time, and we now diligently move forward without the same massive cloud looming over our heads.’
Meanwhile, her family and friends remain determined.
‘While we don’t live in denial of the fragility of life, or the very real outcome this could have for our family, we are not simply laying down and walking towards light either,’ her husband, Phil, said previously.
‘Suz is the strongest woman I know. She is an incredible fighter and she refuses to give up on her family and leave her babies behind without their mother.’