Raed Moussa-Gaza
Palestinian Hana Shehadeh tells Al-Jazeera Net that she not only won the victory over breast cancer, which she raided in 2009, but wanted to be an "inspiring model" for other patients. .
It was coincidence that led Shehadeh, 59, to discover her illness when she sensed her chest while bathing, triggered by a lump below the breast that was initially thought to be cancer.
You didn't give up
"My first reaction was a prostration of God," she says. Hana then fought a year-and-a-half battle in which she did not give up.
Despite her strength and patience, Shehadeh recalls with pain the most difficult moments she experienced during the treatment journey when her hair was shed. the death".
| Hana Shehadeh has become an inspiring symbol of cancer patients in Gaza and is currently chairing a civil society to help them. |
"Jasmine Food"
Shehadeh wanted to show pity in the eyes of the people, and bear the high costs of treatment, so immediately after the disease, she opened a home kitchen called "jasmine food" so as not to be a burden on her family and husband.
Shehadeh uses her modest kitchen in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City in her own project, through which she has been able to afford to travel for treatment at Al-Mutala 'Hospital in occupied Jerusalem.He continues to work to help meet the needs of her husband's family and six children.
Shehadeh in her kitchen meets the demands of customers of the best Palestinian and Shami cuisine, but recently suffers from reduced demand due to the worsening financial and economic crisis in the Gaza Strip, and demands that the official institutions and NGOs support the projects of patients to support them and encourage them to continue.
| Shehadeh in her kitchen meets the demands of the customers of delicious Palestinian and Shami cuisine (networking sites) |
From pain to pride
Shehadeh's experience with the disease was inspiring for many patients who sought to visit her at home in order to get to know her closely, gain strength and challenge her.He was a supporter in winning the position of Chairman of the Board of Aid and Hope for Cancer Care.
"I feel very proud and satisfied with myself," she said. "This association, which I met in 2010 is sick, is now its president. My experience with the disease has turned from pain to pride."
She added: "We do not feel the disease and cruelty only from the experience, and we are keen in the Assembly to provide all the patients need of psychological support and social awareness of the magnitude of pain and suffering that preys on their bodies, the patient needs moral support as much as it needs medical treatment."