Tuesday, 10 January 2017

Terrifying news from a fellow breast cancer survivor

I didn't sleep well last night.  And that's because a fellow breast cancer survivor that I follow on instagram and her blog, posted a video yesterday saying she's had a relapse.

I found Nalie's blog when I was searching for hair growth videos after chemo, and she has a ton of different videos from her stage 2 cancer battle back in 2013, at only 25 years old.    She is also a fellow Canadian from Montreal.  Reading about her experience really helped me and inspired me.

I am devastated for her to now be told the cancer has metastasized to her lungs.  It is shocking to me that this is even possible.  She is a vibrant, beautiful, amazing 28 year old now, who from the outside appears so healthy and "normal."  

How can this happen?  Why does this happen to good people like her?  I do not understand this universe some days.   It is cruel and unfair.

She discovered it because she had a persistent cough for about 3 weeks, and finally went to the ER last week, got a chest X-ray and they said it looks like several cancer nodules in her lungs.  They are starting her on chemo today, even before a biopsy confirms it.

I am praying that she can fight this.  From what I have heard, metastasized breast cancer can't necessarily be cured.  So I imagine this feels like a death sentence right now.  It is absolutely terrifying to me.

Here is her post.

http://www.nalie.ca/the-relapse/

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