27/10/2024
So, wow! Here comes a very personal story, that only family and close friends know. If I fail in eloquence, I apologise in advance:
Tuesday we celebrate breast cancer awareness at the with , keep in mind that gentlemen too also have to check, not just femmes;
When I was 14, I found a lump in my breast about the size of a ping-pong ball, just as round as one too. I was afraid to tell me Dad because things were a bit challenging financially, and then talking to a guy about what's going on in me physically. My parents were separated at the time (reunited some years later), so us children were living with Dad. Puberty was that awkward time of becoming a woman, having to ask Dad for money for very feminine things like tampons. A year later, I'm 15, the lump became bigger, it felt like a golf ball now. I panicked that it could become cancerous, so I finally told my Dad about it. Within 48 hours, he had reached out to his doctor friends for help, and I was admitted to Aga Khan hospital for surgery. Probably the most scary time of my teenage life, but the doctor made a neat opening and got it out of my breast. When I look back, it must have been a scary time for my parents too 💔 But I'm still here, still walking this earth, no cancer.
I don't want to think about how things would be right now if I hadn't checked my body regularly. Please make it a habit when you shower, you only have one body to live in. 🌹🙏