It could be the most beautiful summer day in Nova Scotia or the harshest day of winter; if there are waves, Amber Spurrell will surf.
Even while undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy.
“Getting in the ocean allowed me not to have cancer for a few minutes and just be,” says Spurrell, 42, who was diagnosed last year with breast cancer.
At 27, Spurrell met her biological mother for the first time and learned that her family had a history of breast cancer.
Spurrell had yearly mammograms throughout her 30s, but her annual screening in 2020 was cancelled due to the pandemic. On June 21, 2021, the Dartmouth woman learned that she had stage
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