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Tara: ‘I won’t let this stop me’
“My diagnosis hasn’t just affected me – it’s also had an extreme impact on my family.”
Tara is not going to let get cancer get in the way of her dream of one day becoming an actor. Diagnosed with sarcoma at 17-years-old, she was responding well to treatment, but in July 2020 her cancer had relapsed and spread to her lungs. She isn’t letting cancer stop her from completing her Year 12 exams.
During her cancer journey, Tara noticed how Redkite’s Connect Groups helped her parents find comfort in that they weren’t alone in trying to find their way in parenting a child with cancer.
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