It was so tough I wanted to jump: Her life changed forever when both mum and dad were diagnosed with cancer

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Seetoh Su-Ying was only 11 when doctors found her mum suffering from stage-two breast cancer.

Ten years later in 2011, tragedy struck the family again. This time her dad was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer in salivary glands.

On the great wide web, inspiring stories of cancer survivors are aplenty, but seldom has the spotlight been placed on family members who bear the burden of caring for them.

With October being breast cancer awareness month, we spoke to 29-year-old Su-Ying — a video producer at AsiaOne — on what it was like living with parents who survived cancer and the effects it had on her life.

‘I WANT TO BE SEEN AS MYSELF’

As captain of the Breast Cancer Foundation’s dragon boat team, 54-year-old Irene Chui has been interviewed on at least eight separate occasions, but never had the focus been on her daughter Su-Ying.

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