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When Sharon Jarvis first got back on a horse only a few years after beating cancer, she was petrified...

Adele Severs

Published 24 Aug 2021

Sharon Jarvis and Romanos. © One Eyed Frog Photography

 

By ABC/Kate Stephens

When Sharon Jarvis first got back on a horse only a few years after beating cancer, she was petrified.

“I spent most of the time squeaking or squealing,” she said.

Jarvis had been diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma bone cancer at the age of seven and given just a 20 per cent chance of survival.

A year of treatment saved her life, but she was left with a loss of movement and strength in her lower left side.

“For six years, I never gave up hope of riding again,” she said. 

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