When Denise Hyde, lead vocalist of Bay of Plenty cover band Shabang, found herself exhausted and struggling with the previously effortless demands of performing and general daily tasks, she knew it was time to get some answers about her health.
What she never expected was that taking matters into her own hands would lead to discovering a 6.4kg cancerous tumour the size of a soccer ball in her right ovary.
“$280 saved my life,” exclaims Denise, 51, who chose to