When your body is in battle, your clothes shouldn’t be.
I’M Megan.
AND I’vE BEEN THROUGH IT.
In the September of 2021, I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer and told, very simply, “Our only focus right now is to get you to Christmas.”
Sixteen rounds of chemotherapy, a mastectomy and weeks of radiation followed. Somehow - and I will always call this luck - my body responded exceptionally well to treatment, even as it reacted violently to the chemotherapy itself.
Four years on, I’m still here. And I’m grateful every day.
My treatment was through IV only — no port. As my veins deteriorated from the chemo, access became harder and more painful.
Toward the end, the only veins that behaved well were in my feet. I remember one day in particular, earlier in my treatment, my favourite T-shirt had to be cut open by oncology nurses (who are angels that walk this earth, by the way) because they simply couldn’t get the access they needed.
From that moment on, I became hyper-aware of the clothes I wore. Being cold. Trying to stay covered. Living in hospital gowns and scratchy blankets. Already looking like a cancer patient, and being tired of feeling like one.
I searched everywhere for clothing that made treatment easier: zips in the right places, openings that gave access, fabrics that felt gentle on an overworked body. There were options, but they weren’t me. There was clothing that served the treatment but most ignored the person wearing them. They felt clinical, shapeless, boring and even decades older than me.
So, like many patients do, I just got on with it.
But time and distance gave me clarity: I couldn’t be the only one asking for something better.
I was 41 at the time and I still wanted to feel like myself, even in the middle of a battle for my life. And with cancer and chronic illness affecting so many, I know this isn’t a niche problem. It is a gap waiting to be solved.
That’s why I created Caelan.
Caelan is adaptive, fashion-forward clothing made for treatment and recovery. These are garments that function exactly as your body needs them to, without forcing you to compromise on style, identity or dignity.
Clothes that help you feel more like you, even on the days when everything else feels out of your control.
The name Caelan means powerful warrior in old Irish Gaelic. My mum, who passed more than a decade ago, felt a deep connection to Ireland, so this is also my way of bringing her with me on this journey. A reminder of strength, heritage and the fight inside us all.
Caelan exists because I’ve lived the problem. And now, I’m determined to help solve it.
COMING IN 2026.
BUILDING CAELAN WITH REAL CLINICAL INSIGHT.
We’re partnering with clinicians, researchers and lived-experience patients to ensure every garment is functional, dignified and truly treatment-friendly.
