North Melbourne president Sonja Hood will make a welcome return to the soccer after being declared most cancers free.
In an open letter revealed on the Kangaroos web site, Hood mentioned she had been given the all-clear from specialists after being identified with breast most cancers earlier this 12 months, and would attend the membership’s marquee match in opposition to Carlton on Good Friday.
Hood underwent a mastectomy and tissue reconstruction following the membership’s announcement of her analysis in February.
“Like many other women who have had breast cancer, I’ll be on medication for the next five to 10 years to reduce the chances of it coming back,” Hood wrote.
“It’s been a whirlwind. Although I’m overjoyed at the result, it’s been a couple of months I’d prefer not to repeat.
“I additionally know that if we hadn’t discovered it once we did, this could possibly be a really totally different final result. So please, if you should go and get examined – do it.”
North’s Good Friday match doubles as a fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital, with Carlton this year replacing the Western Bulldogs in the timeslot.
Hood was pivotal in luring master coach Alastair Clarkson to Arden St after the club sacked David Noble in July.
The Kangaroos, who’ve taken out the final two wood spoons, secured stunning victories in opposition to West Coast and Fremantle to open their season, and sit seventh with a 2-1 document.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
