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Write Your Own Breast Cancer Survivor Story!

By: Roselyn Capen. Breast cancer can develop silently in your breasts while you're doing your daily chores without a care, and not show a symptom until it has advanced to a late stage. Often, there is no pain felt by the victims, and that's a dangerous thing because when the patient does start to notice the abnormalities, it's already too late.
Never think that you can't get breast cancer, for anyone can get it, no matter your age or genetics, although that may play a part in it. For your own peace of mind it is better to get checked, then not to and then find out that you have breast cancer and that it has spread.
It is very encouraging finding and talking to a person who has survived a bout of breast cancer, whether it is you or someone you know who has it, it can lend a sort of strength to get through the hard times when you didn't think it would be possible. You will need this strength to stand up to the people who may belittle you, or try to tell you that having it is no big deal.
There are people who can not even think of handling something as gruesome as cancer, and it's only natural. And not everyone you meet will sympathize with you, or share your grief, and if they did, only tears and mourning would prevail in the world. You will have to stand up alone, gather the courage to talk with doctors and know all there is to be known about the progress of your treatment. You have just one body, and you should do all you can to not let it go.
Breast cancer can be vanquished with sheer will, the many proud survivors will tell you. Be willing to cure it. If you feel sad, do not demean yourself. Everyone feels depressed sometime or the other and cries. It's normal to let your emotions flow out, but accumulating grief within you will put so much more pressure on your already very sick body and will dampen all your chances to recover. Vent out your anger, outrage, frustration, whenever you feel you need to, no one would call you weak for doing so, but remember, do not lose hope.
One thing that will help to survive this is to not focus on it. Yes you have been diagnosed and that is as hard to handle as anything, but if you focus on what makes you happy and enjoying life as much as you can, you will see that you will not be consumed by your disease, and family and friends will be able to see that as well.