Many people have been motivated by Babar Sheikh’s social media posts regarding his wife’s cancer battle.Sheikh described how his wife Zahra Khan continued to work and run a side business despite having an illness.
Khan was identified as having stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, or breast cancer, early this year, according to a LinkedIn post.The couple’s life came crashing down after “countless hours of sitting in hospital lobbies and meeting various oncologists and breast surgeons.”
Sheikh described how the couple was forced to move in with their in-laws due to Khan’s need for additional care.He described in full her difficulties with treatment.
He stated in the post, “A nerve-wracking 6 months of chemotherapy saw her lose her hair, not function for days following a chemo session, lose her taste of food or drink for days on end, and was overall weariness and lethargy.