Karen – Interview 30  

Karen – Interview 30

Age at Interview: 48
Sex: Female
Background: Karen is a barber. She is divorced and has 2 grown up children. Ethnic background/nationality: White Caucasian

Brief outline:Karen was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had a full hysterectomy between chemotherapy sessions. Now in remission, Karen has discovered she carries the BRCA1 mutation.

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Karen received fantastic support from Chai Cancer Care when she was unwell and would like to give something back by volunteering herself.

 



Did you get any support from Chai Cancer Care?
 
Oh fantastic yes. I had a counsellor called [name], a mad Israeli woman who was brilliant. She made me laugh. She actually said I didn’t really need counselling, but she liked chatting to me anyway. So we went. So I went and we talked about shopping and stuff. [laughs] And my girls. She … I dragged my two along to the first meeting. They were fuming with me. They were not interested at all. They said they’d got their friends to talk to. So I had to leave it at that. 
 
But I kept going back they’ve actually phoned and left a message, which I haven’t got back to her yet, just to see how I … you know, to follow through and see how I am months down the line. And I went and I had some massages. Obviously very gentle. You’re not allowed anything deep tissue. But found it really therapeutic and it was all free. You know, you give donations to what you can afford at the time, but basically if you can’t afford anything then you don’t pay anything. Fantastic place. I really think it’s a fantastic place. No I’d definitely recommend it, and I definitely will in a year or so, when I’ve gone through the two years, go back and say, “Right I’m now, please God, still in remission, you know, and would like to volunteer,” especially if I’m not working full time. I feel I’ve got to do something. So yes…
 

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