Given all the expenses and anxieties that come with battling cancer, one might think that parking fees really shouldn’t be among them.

Yet as wild as that may sound, some hospitals and cancer centers in Canada either charge for parking—as much as CAD$12 a day—or don’t have large enough on-site parking, forcing patients to park in private lots or on the street where the costs can be even higher.

A 6-month battle against cancer means those parking fees can breach the thousands column, but one cancer survivor is fundraising to pay for cancer patients’ parking, ensuring that in at least one sense they have no burden to bare.

That’s the story of Krystyna Locke, who battled lymphoma for 20 years, and is now giving back in the weeks following her birthday to support those walking a similar pat

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