It all seems a little surreal thinking back on the conversations Jane and Tracy used to have about giving something back to Australia in return for the "magic lives" they believed they had been given the opportunity to lead. At the time none of us could have seen what was to come. Obviously Jane's initial diagnosis with breast cancer was a shock, and the first treatment experience wasn't great at times, but through it all Jane maintained a grace, composure and generosity of spirit that even then made it easy for people who didn't even know her to come to love and respect her.
It really wasn't until Jane's second experience with breast cancer in 2003, which was also our first contact with a breast care nurse, that we really realised how we might all be able to help others. It only took that one experience with our breast care nurse at St George Hospital to convince Jane that we needed an army of these amazing nurses - that every person and family affected by breast cancer should have access to one of their own, regardless of where they lived, and it was this passion that drove Jane and Tracy to work together to create what was the basis for the amazing McGrath Foundation that we have in place today.
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