Gabrielle Lau Kwai-ying was 33, with a promising future in a commercial bank when she was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago.
To fight the disease, she underwent radiotherapy, chemotherapy and two operations.
'I was not prepared, there was not enough information. When you face treatment, you know nothing. The disease is one thing but the great challenge is the treatment,' she recalls.
There were numerous other trials she had to face.
'After treatment your emotions become very uncontrolled and the medicine can make you feel very depressed and full of doubt.
'The physical pain is nothing compared to the psychological pain. You can't control your feelings, you need someone who has been through this pain to help you,' Lau says.