Straight from women who have been there.
, a very aggressive form of the disease. But once she started chemo, Brown-Tatum found that the nausea medication she’d been given worked well, and the only time she was violently ill was after her first session.after finding a lump when she was 27. She also had a chemo experience that was more nuanced than she expected. “Days three through five [after chemo were] horribly bad,” she tells SELF.
Or you can create little rituals or treats that anchor you to a life beyond hospital appointments and medical procedures. Sari K., 44, who was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer three years ago, says that she always wears red Chanel lipstick to the hospital, takes work to do in the waiting room, and makes fun plans like getting a massage afterward.That “try” part is important.
Striking a balance between listening to your doctors and following your own instincts is tricky, but there are some instances where you might have to put your foot down. Sari knows this pretty intimately. Then there’s Allison, who decided against getting reconstructive surgery after her unilateral mastectomy because she worried it would affect her ability to rock climb. Many doctors pushed back, she says, but she was steadfast.
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