Barbora Hájková
Former cancer patient, member of the Fuck Cancer team
"We never know how long that life will last, but we do know one thing. Hope dies last."
1) What appealed to you about the FUCK CANCER project and why are you putting your energy into it?
It is a project that is unparalleled in our country and it is not playing at anything. A project that helps those who really need it. A project that does not compete, but connects. And if we can inspire empathy in people, it will be great.
2) What does the term FUCK CANCER mean or express to you?
A phrase that connects those who have had a damn serious illness enter their lives with those who are a little luckier. A sigh of relief at life's plight. A supposition. A message to the disease to go away and never come back.
3) Can you imagine who you are fighting for here as a "SOLDIER"?
For the sick who need support, for the healthy who need guidance in the right direction, and for those who can no longer be with us.
4) What would you say to someone who says they find the phrase "FUCK CANCER" vulgar?
You're confusing terms, "FUCK CANCER" conveys support and hope. I don't have a problem with the word Fuck, I have a problem with the word Cancer. So you probably don't know anything about this disease, but I can tell you about it and then you'll understand why "FUCK CANCER".
Soldiers & Heroes
Denisa Zajícová Cziglová
"How to survive all this and not go crazy."
Barbora Siftova
"Ask us how we are, how we really are. Because hardly anyone asks that"
Michal Krulich
"This experience changes everything, closes one door called plans and opens a whole new world - a hospital world."
Tereza Pospíšilová
"I'm fighting to raise awareness and "normalize" the topic of cancer."
Kristina Korcinová
"Cancer has taken a lot from me, but I feel my strength now more than ever."
Sharlota
"As a Soldier, I'm here to fight for whoever needs it."
Jana Boudníková
"We never know what fate will bring us in life, but everything can be overcome."
Eliška Podzimková
"It's good to ask the patient straight out what they're going through, what's going on, rather than having an awkward silence."
NobodyListen
"Once you hear it, you'll remember it forever, Fuck Cancer."
Tomáš Pangrác
"I was 17 at the time and had completely different plans."
Natálie Kotková
"This is definitely a topic I want to get out to as many people as possible."
Maxim Habanec
"The greatest fighters are those who fight this disease."
Karolína Žohová
"I feel stronger today, more than ever."
Sebastián Starý
"I composed a poem that became the anthem Fuck cancer, I still can't believe it."
David Kozma
"A man who says he finds FUCK CANCER vulgar deserves a few slaps"
Martin Mikyska
"It's easy enough these days to just surround yourself with carefree fun. Living in a bubble of positivity and good feelings."
Zea
"If you find Fuck Cancer vulgar, try to figure out which of these two words is more vulgar."
Tereza & Milan Bendovi
"It's a topic that should resonate much more in society."
Daniel Chmelíček
"Just don't fuck it up and enjoy life as much as you can."
Michaela Šromotová
"Just because a person has cancer doesn't mean they're contagious."
Filip Jankovič
"Empathy to me means humanity."
Simona Dočkalová
"I believed we would be together forever... until death. And we were."
Milada Horová
"I will be undergoing treatment for the rest of my life, but that doesn't mean I have to sit at home on my ass. I want to enjoy life, not just survive."
Lukáš Veitl
"These people need tremendous support, and not just from me, not just from you, but from everyone."
Veronika Nemčoková
„A negative mind will never give you a positive life.“
Jan Komínek
"As a Soldier, I fight for everyone, it affects us all."
Lucie Bělehradová
"Live each day as if it were your last."
Natálie Stejskalová
"FUCK CANCER - this is such a lightweight concoction of what we can call it."
Miroslav Romaniv
"Fuck Cancer for me is a clear answer to this disease, which is definitely not easy."
Anna Hončíková
"I fight for all my peers who are going through this disease."
Eva Janů
"And just as my friends lifted me up, I can lift them up and help them now."
Nina Poloková
"The world is just an echo, what I put into it will come back to me, be it positive or destructive."