Sukhi’s Fight to Win Her
‘Sukhi’ Life Back

Sukhi, aged 30 lives in Kazipara, Barishal. She is a housewife and her husband is a tailor master in the village. Sukhi’s life was ‘sukhi’ until she figured out that she was experiencing mild fever every now and then. Coming from a humble background, Sukhi initially, didn’t give much heed to the fevers thinking they are just generic random fever. Within 6 months, Sukhi started feeling irritation on her breast skin. This became alarming when she started feeling pain on her right breast. That’s when we went to Barishal Medical College for a check-up. The doctor prescribed her mammogram which clearly showed that Sukhi had a tumor in her right breast. They operated the tumor and it appeared to have cancerous cells indicating Stage 1 breast cancer for Sukhi. Devastated Sukhi came back home baffled thinking how she will manage her family of 3 children and husband with the illness or even if she will survive the deadly disease.
Just after getting to know about her cancer, Shukhi’s middle child fell ill. Upon medical examination it was discovered that Sukhi have thyroid which resulted in an autoimmune disease in her children, making her children’s chances of living very slim. She lost her middle child in this battle. But Sukhi didn’t give up, she held on to herself and continued her treatment. Cancer is an expensive disease and Sukhi’s family was running out of the financial means to support her treatment.
In those dark times, one of her relatives took her to Mr. Najmus Ahmed Albab, author of Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust – BANCAT seeking support. Since then BANCAT assisted Sukhi for a year with finance for her radiotherapy at National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (NICRH) and also mental support to cope with all the unforeseen incidents she was going through.