A Breast Cancer Story
Dear Diary,
October 15, 2016, was the life-changing date of my life. It was the perfect day: a day everyone wished to live at least once in their lifetimes. The day started with my promotion to senior partner at my firm. Later in the day, my team won the championship, and in the evening, I went to a lavish restaurant to celebrate my accomplishments. The day couldn't have been better but everything comes to an end, and so my ideal day concluded when my doctor Ms. Sheila sent me an email, which read that I had been diagnosed with stage I breast cancer. Although it was curable yet, for this wimpy patient, hearing the word cancer was no less than a nightmare, and the thought of enduring all the treatments was scary. I left the party early; I went to my home and signed up for a cancer workshop, treatment, and therapy.
After a year of cancer care-taking, I thought I would never have to face the beast again. Everything went back to normal, but life had a different plan for me. Cancer reoccurred as Stage IV metastatic cancer. This time it was incurable. It was petrifying; the news crushed me into million pieces; I broke down and assumed that this was the end. I was depressed and would not come out of my bed. My family was worried about me. On days when I was bored, I started reading about the people who survived cancer; these stories drastically changed my perspective towards life. Their strength, perseverance, and optimism gave me the hope to carry on. The moving stories generated a zeal for life within me. My vision got cleared: cancer cannot dictate my life. I could see the purpose of my life and decided to battle cancer. I quit my job and established an awareness program. It intrigued me to know that breast cancer was is the second most common form of cancer and yet we are unfamiliar with it.
Through constant
conversations with my doctor, I learned that we can reduce the chances of
breast cancer by following basic lifestyle practices such as exercising daily,
maintaining a healthy weight, and going for regular breast cancer screening.
Even though the screening does not prevent it, but it can detect it even before
the symptoms show up. From chemotherapy being the most common treatment to
hormonal and biological remedies, there are several treatments available for
people combating this ailment. Some even have the option of undergoing
radiation therapy.
It has been five
years of fighting and my work with cancer prevention. I am fully aware that I
am living on borrowed time; therefore, I want to make the most of it. Today and
for the days to come, I am and would be proud of myself. I hope in the coming
years, we all will defeat cancer!
Your brave friend,
Jessica
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