My name is Ewa, I was born and have lived in Legnica all my life.

Profession I am a primary school teacher, for many years my job was one of the most rewarding and satisfying - working with children. I have always liked helping and caring, I was the one who helped. Today I have to ask for this help myself.

My professional path was interrupted by thyroid disease - during surgery I had a nerve cut near my vocal cord and for a long time it prevented me from communicating at all. Long and arduous rehabilitation has allowed me to communicate in an understandable way, but too long a conversation is difficult for me and requires a lot of effort, which makes returning to my profession impossible. I started helping my husband with his work - we ran a recreation center together for a long time. We lived peacefully as a happy family, unfortunately at some point my mother passed away, a year and a half later my husband passed away. I was left alone with my son. We began a very difficult period of paying off the debts after my husband's death - they did not result from any addictions, but only from the type of business I ran, which I could no longer do on my own. I didn't give up. After her husband's death I worked wherever I could – in a pie shop, in a second-hand clothing store, even at the cemetery selling candles! I knew I had to fight for myself. When things started to get better for me and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel... in 2018 it came diagnosis: ovarian cancer. I had to stop working and undergo treatment. 6 cycles of chemotherapy, surgery, another 6 cycles of chemotherapy, Avastin infusions. Why this disease, why me? I asked myself and the doctors. Genetic tests ruled out genetic predispositions, I led a quiet lifestyle... the doctor's conclusion: stress. After the death of my mother and husband, I despaired, it was a very, very hard time for me... In addition, there were financial problems that I had to cope with on my own...

Today I feel good for stage 3 cancer. My results are good, CT results will be available at the end of February, but the prognosis is good. I could slowly recover if it weren't for a mundane problem... money.