Australian mannequin Lisa Seiffert has set sail along with her father within the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race regardless of being identified with breast most cancers simply six weeks in the past.
The 36-year-old has undergone surgical procedure and is at present present process radiotherapy however was adamant she’d be alongside her father when he set sail on the 80-foot Stefan Racing yacht on Boxing Day.
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With the surgeons in a position to take away the tumor earlier than reaching her lymph nodes, Seiffert wasn’t going to let the prognosis cease her from racing the grueling occasion, simply 5 months after her first ever aggressive offshore race.
Seiffert and her father Adrian first competed collectively within the Brisbane to Hamilton Island race in August, coming in at eleventh.
They’re elevating cash for the McGrath Basis whereas they sail, however she mentioned if the surgical procedure was per week later, she wouldn’t have been in a position to race.
“I had surgical procedure simply over three weeks in the past. All of the docs and nurses, they knew how vital Sydney to Hobart was to me, so we have been in a position to quick observe [treatment] after getting identified,” she instructed The Sydney Morning Herald.
Seiffert’s modeling profession noticed her on the entrance cowl of many worldwide magazines, even touchdown her in a Robbie Williams music video, however she is aware of this expertise could also be one of the vital.
“That is going to be the perfect expertise that I’ve ever had with my dad… I’ve solely been crusing with him since July and I’ve clocked almost 1000 racing miles with him,” she mentioned.
“I am extra up for the problem than ever after what I’ve simply been via. If I can deal with that, beat [cancer]then I am stable.”
