(was excited to stumble across this video recently - thought I would post it here as my first post after going back to work - over a week now .. Geoff)
This is the last part of a speech that Jenny gave at an Advance Breast Cancer Seminar at the St George Hospital on Sat 12 May 2007. This was the second speech in two weeks, the other being at the Sutherland Shire Relay for Life in late April as the survivor representative.
This speech was given in a large lecture theatre next to the St George Hospital and there was a computer with overhead projection facilities. It was fantastic to watch Jenny's presentation with all her photos going past in the background. It was one of the first times she had used the photos and looking at this video now, it is amazing how some of the photos synchronised so nicely with her words.
I am not sure why I stopped the camera so quickly after she finished her talk, as I remember her receiving standing ovation from the many ladies in the audience who had advance breast cancer. Many came up to her afterwards with tears in their eyes, gave her a hug and and thanked her for giving such an inspiring and motivating speech. Jenny was very humble, but Jo and I were incredibly proud of her, as we always were.
As Jenny mentions towards the end of the speech, she had just been diagnosed with a large single tumor in her liver. It would take a few weeks, but ultimately it was decided that the Tumor could be removed surgurically by Dr Chew a few days after she successfully trialled to represent Australia at the World Dragon Boat Championships here in Sydney.
A fully copy of her last speech at Riverview School in Sydney on 1 April 2009, can be found at the Dragons Abreast Australia website here (pdf).
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