Thursday 5 September, 2019

It happened again
Kristin Kaspersen @kaspersen


A loved one affected by breast cancer, skeleton cancer, neuroendocrine cancer and pancreatic cancer.

And yesterday it happened again. I got a call from one of my best friends.

She told me that one of our friends on Sunday, the day before my 50th birthday and a month after her 50th, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Why? 50 years old with two teenage girls. I still can’t believe it and now I have to build up all the energy I’ve got to again, try to stand beside cancer and do whatever I can do to help her fight.

Read more about my story on the War On Cancer app, connect and find me @kaspersen
Kristin Kaspersen @kaspersen


A loved one affected by breast cancer, skeleton cancer, neuroendocrine cancer and pancreatic cancer.

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