“I still have to go back for check-ups every year for the next five years. Now, if one of my girlfriends is complaining about getting a pap smear I tell them to just go. If I hadn’t gone I could have had cancer – that scares the s--t out of me."
"I also have a hormone imbalance and they thought that might have been from the cancer cells and your body being a bit out of whack. I overproduce prolactin and cortisol. And the doctor said to me, ‘There’s only one thing that causes these hormone levels to be that high, we think you’ve got a brain tumour.’ So I got the MRI done and it turned out everything was fine but there is something wrong with my hormones.
“I also have endometriosis as well, but I have the chronic version as well, where your uterus is like concrete, pretty much. Doctors have said there’s pretty much no chance I can have kids. My uterus won’t hold a baby anyway, my hormones won’t let it happen and then because now I have half a cervix it would be an issue to hold a baby to full-term.”
Despite all her health issues, the WA-based customer service manager says she’s content being a stepmother to Talia, 12, who she shares with partner Travis Marangoni.
“My partner is like, ‘I’m not with you because of what your body can and can’t do. We already have Talia so don't put your body through the stress..."
"I’ve accepted how things are. We’ve accepted the life path and are embracing it. I can’t have kids but I get to be a stepmum and that’s so great. The love you have for a kid – any kid that you spend time with – you have that parent protection love kind of thing.”
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