Breast cancer survivors give hope
This page is to enable those of you who have survived breast cancer to tell your story. For the many, many ladies and and, not so many, gentlemen who have battled and beaten breast cancer it's an opportunity to start a new chapter, to draw a line under the disease and move on to the rest of your life. For those of you still fighting the battle, then we hope these stories will give you faith and optimism for your future.
If you have survived breast cancer then
please tell your story and give some hope to others still travelling the path towards recovery.
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Survivors Corner
A forum for survivors to share their stories and others to gain hope
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Survivors Corner > I'm a survivor...
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rivash
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17/10/2009 16:23:46
I'm a survivor...
Ok I'll kick this forum off then.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 at the age of 36. Two years previously my Mum had gone through a mastectomy and chemo so I knew what to expect.
At the time I thought it was much more unfair for me to have to have a mastectomy than her, she was in her 70s and had been married, I was young and single. With hindsight that was so wrong. It doesn't matter how old you are or what your circumstances are, it's an awful battle to have to go through.
Now I'm 8 years clear and married to a lovely man who couldn't care less about scars and implants. I met him just before my final operation 6 years ago. So if you are diagnosed, battle on even through the toughest days, cos there is a future worth fighting for.
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Victor
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03/02/2010 06:16:13
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It is nice to know that there are people like you who haven't loosen hope in fighting against breast cancer. My eldest sister died at the age of 43 because of that, and now our youngest sister was diagnosed to have a Stage 2 Breast Cancer. This really breaks my heart, and sometimes get bitter about life why our family is being cursed on ths.
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Emelita
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03/02/2010 06:21:09
RE:I'm a survivor...
rivash wrote: Ok I'll kick this forum off then.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 at the age of 36. Two years previously my Mum had gone through a mastectomy and chemo so I knew what to expect.
At the time I thought it was much more unfair for me to have to have a mastectomy than her, she was in her 70s and had been married, I was young and single. With hindsight that was so wrong. It doesn't matter how old you are or what your circumstances are, it's an awful battle to have to go through.
Now I'm 8 years clear and married to a lovely man who couldn't care less about scars and implants. I met him just before my final operation 6 years ago. So if you are diagnosed, battle on even through the toughest days, cos there is a future worth fighting for.
Thanks for this. I am now encouraged to fight this until the very end. My left breast was already scrapped, and now I've discovered a tiny lump in my right. It scares me now..That feeling of anxiety and surrender...I just don't know.
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Victor
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03/02/2010 12:55:49
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I know that you, guys, know best on the ways in coping up in this kind of reality. It just kills me every day, knowing that another sister of mine is facing another threat of death because of breast cancer.
I know that I should be strong for her; but there were really instances that I want to break down and run away every time I see my baby sister in pain.
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Emelita
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09/02/2010 14:57:04
RE:I'm a survivor...
Victor wrote:
I know that you, guys, know best on the ways in coping up in this kind of reality. It just kills me every day, knowing that another sister of mine is facing another threat of death because of breast cancer.
I know that I should be strong for her; but there were really instances that I want to break down and run away every time I see my baby sister in pain.
Tell your sister not to be scared about this...she is not alone in this fight. :-)
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Reggie
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09/02/2010 15:20:04
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Victor wrote:
I know that you, guys, know best on the ways in coping up in this kind of reality. It just kills me every day, knowing that another sister of mine is facing another threat of death because of breast cancer.
I know that I should be strong for her; but there were really instances that I want to break down and run away every time I see my baby sister in pain.
Be strong man. Your sister needs it. She needs your strength as well. I realized that when my wife went through all the medication and therapy for her breast cancer. And she was able to survive it. According to her, she couldn't get it through without the love and support, and especially the strength that her family is showing to her.
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Ryan
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10/02/2010 02:20:38
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My mother is a survivor of this. I can tell that she is really a strong woman who face her sickness with great strength. We never had problems with her because she always heeded to doctor's advices and very religious in following her prescription. I still don't understand why a lot of women are suffering on this...it is about time that vaccines should be made to prevent breast cancer.
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Teresa
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10/02/2010 02:29:19
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I am also a survivor of Stage 1 Breast Cancer. Every time I talked about this topic, I get emotional. Maybe because what I went through was not easy. The thought of having a cancer scares me to death...of course, it is not a hidden fact that sooner or later you gonna die because of the cancer. I survived somehow the sickness and I don't want to ever come back on that stage of my life.
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Caring for a friend or relative with breast cancer
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 Caring for a loved one, friend or relative with cancer can be very draining both physically and emotionally. Of course there is the time involved in taking care of someone, which is extremely demanding physically and on top of this you will need to deal with your emotions, which can be incredibly exhausting.
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