‘WE SURVIVED BREAST CANCER’
‘I HID MY DIAGNOSIS’
It’s a mother’s first instinct to protect her children. That’s why, when Susanne Novak was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, she decided to hide it from her sons, Lucas, 8, and Austin, 4.
“I walked around for three months thinking I was going to die. To have been processing that and to be strong for my children, I just couldn’t do both at the same time,” Susanne tells New Idea.
