Wendy Farha

Cancer Made Me a Comedian

Cancer Made Me a Commedian

I wanted my life to have meaning. So, I decided to leave Canada and go to Hawaii. Call it a mid-life crisis or call it escape from reality…I was going to spend a few years volunteering for a charitable organization there. Surely that would cure my destiny angst. “I’ll discover my purpose there,” I thought. And if I didn’t, at least I’d get a good tan. Baby steps. I was way overdue for my mammogram, so I figured I’d better get one before I left. Come to think of it, I’d had a painful lump for several weeks, but everyone said that if a lump was painful, it wasn’t cancer, so I wasn’t worried. After all, ‘everyone’ knows best, right? After the mammogram, my doctor ordered an ultrasound, then a biopsy. “There’s something there, but it’s probably nothing,” he reassured me....

Wendy Farha

Wendy Farha is a singer, songwriter, comedian and inspirational speaker. She has been featured on CTV and CBC TV, numerous radio interviews, and in documentary film “Beauty and the Breast”. She has written over two hundred songs and has produced eight albums. Wendy lives in British Columbia, Canada with her spunky cat, Mia. Visit Wendy on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Beauty and the Breast.