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She was four months pregnant with her third child when she found out she had stage three breast cancer.
It was in 2017 when the 26-year-old housewife, who wanted to be known only as Madam Nadiya, felt soreness in her breast and went to see a doctor, who recommended she go for a biopsy.
Three days after the biopsy, the doctor told her she had breast cancer.
Now 29, she told The New Paper: “I was actually quite calm (over the diagnosis) as I had done my research and also knew that my family had a history of cancer.”
Acting on medical advice, Madam Nadiya proceeded with a mastectomy to remove the affected breast.
Two weeks later, she gave birth prematurely at six months to a baby boy via a Caesarean section.
About two weeks after giving birth, she went for 16 chemotherapy sessions, which made her irritable and easily tired.
Madam Nadiya, who has three sons aged 12, five and three, is featured in a Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) paper titled Take Charge Of Your Breast Health – Journeys Of Young Women With Breast Cancer In Singapore.
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