Local cancer survivor does her part
PARKTOWN – Susan Elder distributes gift packs at hospital.
Blairgowrie resident and cancer survivor Susan Elder made sure that she gave back on World Cancer Day, 4 February.
Elder conquered Pancreatic Cancer to become a cancer buddy and a member of the CanSurvive Support Group. She regularly visits the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Parktown, where she and the CanAssist team make sandwiches and serve tea and coffee to chemotherapy clinic patients.
World Cancer Day was not that different. Elder helped organise and distribute gift packs to every day cancer patient and radiation patient in the hospital. The packs included a low GI meal, hand cream, dried fruit, lip ice, eyeliner, a cellphone pouch, Vaseline and a bottle of water. “I do this because I am a survivor,” she said. “They need it.” South African First Lady Thobeka Madiba-Zuma also visited the hospital, and spoke on cancer prevention and early detection.
Details: Susan Elder 079 317 3334.
