{"id":299897,"date":"2026-04-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=299897"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:14:32","slug":"kanker-been-keer-nie-vir-kaylin-nie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/kanker-been-keer-nie-vir-kaylin-nie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanker, been keer nie vir Kaylin nie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Met &#8216;n glimlag wat haar gesig verlig en &#8216;n geestigheid wat haar ouderdom trotseer, sit die 18-jarige Kaylin Stellenberg van Strand gemaklik en deel wysheid met &#8216;n kalmte wat merkwaardig is vir iemand wat nog s\u00f3 jonk is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;\u2009&#8217;n Mens moet nooit opgee as iets in jou pad kom nie \u2013 en iets sal altyd in jou pad kom, soos ek wat &#8216;n dokter wou word maar nou met skool sukkel. &#8216;n Mens gaan nooit reguit by &#8216;n bestemming uitkom nie; jy gaan altyd sukkel om daar uit te kom \u2013 dit is wat ek geleer het,&#8221; s\u00ea Kaylin met &#8216;n oortuiging wat uit diep ervaring spruit.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hierdie tiener se lewe het verlede jaar &#8216;n dramatiese wending geneem toe aggressiewe beenkanker haar gedwing het om &#8216;n keuse te maak wat geen kind ooit behoort te maak nie. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3321_76790.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die kankeroorlewende is ewig dankbaar vir die onwrikbare ondersteuning van familie insluitend Jamie-Lee Charles en Ishann Stoffels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit het alles begin met &#8216;n val wat aanvanklik onbenullig gelyk het. Kaylin se pa, Ishann Stoffels, verduidelik hoe die situasie ontwikkel het: &#8220;Sy het geval en toe die hele tyd oor haar been gekla.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toe die pyn en swelling erger raak, is die gesin hospitaal toe waar dokters begin vermoed het dit is kanker \u2013 &#8216;n moontlikheid wat die familie aanvanklik geweier het om te glo.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Op 28 Februarie verlede jaar het die diagnose gekom \u2013 beenkanker, wat reeds na haar longe versprei het. &#8220;Dit was baie moeilik, maar met my familie se steun het alles veilig verloop,&#8221; vertel Kaylin hoe sy die lewensveranderende nuus hanteer het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>moeilik\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Die stryd teen kanker het onmiddellik met chemoterapie begin, wat maande geduur het. &#8220;Dit was moeilik, maar toe my liggaam daaraan gewoond geraak het, was ek nie meer siek nie,&#8221; beskryf Kaylin haar chemo-ervaring.<br><br>Ironies genoeg was die ergste aspek vir haar nie die kanker self nie, maar die verlies van haar hare. &#8220;Die ergste was toe my hare uitgeval het. Vir jongmense is hare mos belangrik.&#8221;<br><br>Die hoop dat behandeling die kanker sou uitwis, het later verdwyn. &#8220;Hulle het ges\u00ea hulle moet die been laat gaan, want op die skandering was dit nie kleiner nie \u2013 dit was groter as wat hulle gedink het,&#8221; verduidelik Kaylin die verwoestende nuus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"299900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/kanker-been-keer-nie-vir-kaylin-nie\/img_3343_76727\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3343_76727\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Nuwe normaliteit: Kaylin beweeg selfstandig met behulp van krukke.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nuwe normaliteit: Kaylin beweeg selfstandig met behulp van krukke.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215-683x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3343_76727-e1774962477215.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nuwe normaliteit: Kaylin beweeg selfstandig met behulp van krukke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Hoewel die chemo gewerk vir die kanker in haar longe het, was die prim\u00eare tumor in haar been onbehandelbaar. Die keuse was eenvoudig \u2013 haar been of haar lewe.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die behandeling het wel sy tol ge\u00ebis \u2013 chemoterapie het 20% van haar hartfunk- sie geraak; &#8216;n permanente herinnering aan haar oorlewingsreis.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vandag praat Kaylin met verrassende aanvaarding oor haar amputasie. &#8220;Ek s\u00ea vir my ma ek wil nie meer die been h\u00ea nie. Ek is fine,&#8221; s\u00ea sy opreg. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dit was erg in die begin, maar nou is ek gemaklik. Ek is eintlik bly hulle het dit laat gaan. As ek dit gehou het, sou dit eerder teruggekom het.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3336_76798.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die 18-jarige Kaylin Stellenberg van Broadlands Village geniet gewone tieneraktiwiteite met &#8216;n nuwe waardering vir die lewe. Jamie-Lee Charles help haar op die swaai by die woonbuurt se speelpark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoewel sy praktiese uitdagings het \u2013 sy kan nie ver loop nie en sukkel soms met beweging \u2013 het sy merkwaardige vrede gevind. &#8220;Soms die hop, natuurlik,&#8221; erken sy met &#8216;n glimlag die fisieke beperkings.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die tiener is nou in graad 9, nadat hospitaalbehandeling haar die meeste van verlede jaar uit die klaskamer gehou het. Maar, die akademiese agterstand sit geen demper op haar lewenslus nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later hierdie maand gaan Kaylin vir haar finale meting vir &#8216;n kunsbeen. &#8220;Ons moet drie metings h\u00ea voordat hulle die been kan gee. Ek gaan vir opleiding voordat hulle die kunsbeen kan pas,&#8221; verduidelik sy die proses. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interessant genoeg het sy, ten spyte van haar liefde vir dans, nog nie gedink aan wat sy weer met twee bene sal wil doen nie \u2013 &#8216;n teken van hoe volledig sy haar huidige situasie aanvaar het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ishann beskryf die reis as alles behalwe maklik: &#8220;Dis glad nie maklik nie. Maar wat kan ons doen? Ons moet saam met haar staan. Ons moes sterk wees vir haar. Ons kon nie breek nie, want dan breek sy ook.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy bewondering vir sy dogter se moed is onmiskenbaar: &#8220;Ek s\u00ea vir haar sy is baie sterk. Ek weet nie of ek so sterk sou gewees het om te s\u00ea &#8216;dis fine, laat die been gaan&#8217; nie. Sy is baie sterk \u2013 ek noem haar my soldaat.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaylin se boodskap aan ander wat soortgelyke uitdagings trotseer, kom uit die hart: &#8220;Moenie opgee nie. As jy val, leer om op te staan. Moenie in die donkerte sit en voel niks gaan regkom nie. Glo in God en onthou jou familie is alles. Die Here sit iets in jou pad wat Hy weet jy kan hanteer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ishann glo daar was &#8216;n dieper doel in hierdie beproewing: &#8220;Alles gebeur met &#8216;n rede. 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