Janis Hughes is not ready to die.
The very thought of it brings on an overwhelming feeling of panic. The 65-year-old Winnipeg woman has Stage 4 breast cancer, which has spread to her bones and right lung. Her condition is terminal.
“There’s a sense of dread combined with urgency,” said Hughes in an interview with Go Public.
“Am I going to get everything done that I need to get done and am I going to have the quality experiences that I want?” she said. “It’s hard.”
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Hughes was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. She’s had a lumpectomy, mastectomy, several