Ontario woman who beat stage 3 breast cancer says it shouldn’t be this hard to get treatment

After a difficult battle with stage three cancer, Kittana Ruels is happy to celebrate being cancer-free. The 46-year-old rang the bell celebrating her final chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday. The North Bay woman first spoke to Global News in October 2023 about the struggle she faced getting diagnosed, and then getting treatment without a family doctor. She said she had to forgo a precautionary treatment of radiation because she could not afford to travel two hours to Sudbury. While she is overjoyed to be putting the last five months behind her, she says it’s important people know how to advocate for themselves to push for answers and hopes her story can shed light on issues within Canada’s health care system.

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