About 30 family and friends gathered as part of Team Brooke at Waratah Sports Ground for the Relay for Life on the weekend.
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The team formed in support of Brooke Dring who has been going through cancer treatment and wanted to raise money for Cancer Council NSW.
"We are here to give back a bit," Mrs Dring said.
"I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2017 and I've had three lots of surgery, five months of chemotherapy, two months of radiation and all that happened 14 months after I lost my mum to breast cancer.
I hate using the word survivor because I don't quite feel that way.
- Brooke Dring
"Chemo finished in June 2018 and then I did two months of radiation in July and August.
"I'm well now, my last surgery was five weeks ago."
Mrs Dring said she's feeling good but with her last surgery so recent so doesn't feel ready to call herself a breast cancer survivor.
"I hate using the word survivor because I don't quite feel that way," she said.
Mrs Dring said the team members who gathered to help her raise money for the Relay for Life were also the family and friends who supported her, her husband Gary and daughter Jacqueline during her cancer journey.
"My husband's best friend dropped by our house every day for nine months," she said.
Mrs Dring said she was also grateful to the nurses and staff at the hospital and to McGrath Foundation breast care nurse Sue Kuter.
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