By Cassie Blackeby October 8, 2025 At just 27, emergency nurse Phoebe Sceresini discovered a lump in her breast that would change her life forever. What should have been a time of wedding planning and excitement quickly became a fight for her life. “I remember saying...
Val’s link to COUCH the driving force behind Dawsons’ $30,000 donation September 1, 2025 Val Dawson is a straight shooter – what you see is what you get. She doesn’t talk for talking’s sake and shuns attention. So, when she does say something, you listen....
St Monica’s College student Georgia Barrett is a softly spoken, determined 16 year old with an eye on a future career in nursing or medicine. She has a maturity beyond her years acknowledging that family, positivity and social connections are the most important things...
Cairns artist Hayley Gillespie shares harrowing cancer journey Cairns artist Hayley Gillespie had her spine and heart moved during surgery, lost her voice for three months, suffered tinnitus, lost balance and spent six months bedridden after being diagnosed with lung...
By Jennifer Spilsbury November 18, 2024A 70th birthday trip to Europe should have been a joyous occasion for Speewah man Willem Van Vliet, instead it marked the beginning of a fight for life. Willem, now 71, began experiencing changes in his bowel and bladder habits...
By Jennifer Spilsbury November 16, 2024  The healing tentacles of COUCH Wellness Centre are long and powerful, you just have to ask Robert Soderberg. A prostate cancer diagnosis late last year hit the 69-year-old for six, consuming him and wife, Cathy, with...
