Our Founder Opens Up About Her Personal Experience With Cancer and Returning to Work
My life before.
In my life before the relapse, I was a photographer.
I still get nostalgic when I look at my photos or portraits of photographers I admire. Sometimes I feel the urge to get back into it, but it never lasts long.
I never thought I would leave photography! It was my whole life. Everything that, at that moment, represented me.
This break was very difficult when I made the decision to stop everything. My treatments were so aggressive that I had to subcontract my contracts during the summer, to finally come to terms with the idea... that I had reached the end of this chapter of my life.
Once the decision was made, it was the beginning of a long and perilous journey, followed by a major questioning at the age of 40.
What do I reorient myself to? What interests me? What am I good at? Where do I start?
Returning to work or, as in my case, finding a new position was not easy.
I had sent out over twenty resumes and after a few weeks, still nothing. No return email. No response. The hourglass started ticking and the stress began to set in.
I was in the middle of treatment, a time when I had to take care of myself, my body, my health, but I was completely scared of what was going to happen next. How was I going to do it after a year of sick leave to return to the job market? Get back into the "beat" with our lifestyle, the children, the mortgage, etc.
I had a year to start over. A crazy countdown to manage in the current situation.
It wasn't a year off. It was a year of building.
Returning to work is a small part of the challenges faced with illness.
Today Krabēo makes me happy!
But when I hear that skin cancer is commonplace, I think back to everything I've been through. It's my driving force, my fuel to continue to raise awareness about the subject and get involved in the cause.
Especially for young people. No one should have to go through this.
What is most precious to me now is having a job that I love, that I chose, and health inside and out (mental and physical).
Take care of your skin health 
Marie-Eve xx
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