GNI MAG ISSUE 36

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REAL LIFE // DARYL SHIELDS

THIS IS ME... The lyrics from one of my favourite songs from The Greatest Showman have taken on a whole new meaning.

I AM BRAVE, I AM BRUISED, I AM WHO I’M MEANT TO BE, THIS IS ME... Well, this is me; bowel cancer battler and survivor. It’s odd but I never thought I was going to get cancer but this is my story and cancer will always be a part of it. It gave me a fight for life and woke me up with a terrific bang. So I asked myself ‘why me’ and I answered, ‘well why not’...

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