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Cancer will affect everybody at some point in their lifes. Whether it be coping with a family members diagnosis or dealing with your own scare like I did.
Two years ago I found a lump in my breast and I put off going to the doctors for months and months. It gradually grew bigger and bigger. After I finally plucked up the courage to go I was referred to the hospital. Coping with the stress at the time was hard! At times like this, you exaggerate things, and before I even had any tests carried out I had already decided on a double mastectomy and who my son would be staying with.
I will never forget how scared I felt just sitting in the waiting room to go for a scan, which turned into a biopsy.
I was one of the lucky ones! The tests results had shown it was a benign lump and I just needed a simple operation to remove it.
Others aren't so lucky. Others have to deal with months of treatment and side effects. Others have to watch their close ones getting weaker and weaker. Others have to sit by their familys side as they slowly slip away into peace!
I'm doing this because I want to make a difference and to help people. I will never understand whats its like to have cancer, but I certainly understand how it feels to think there may be a possibility you do!