A gung Rai was 41 years old when she found a lump on her left breast. She was diagnosed with a hormone receptor positive breast cancer, a type of cancer when cells grow in response to the hormone estrogen.
For more than one year, she had to bear chemotherapy, mastectomy, radiations, and a lifetime hormone therapy to prevent the return of the disease. The battle was too lonely to be waged alone. Fortunately, she found support in Pink Fighters Bali, a community of women living with breast cancer and part of a support group of the Bali Pink Ribbon Foundation.
The side effects of the treatment were severe. Hair loss, joint pain, nausea, hot flashes, fatigue and numbness were just some
