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Emotions of Breast Cancer
October 17, 2008 |
It wasn’t a lump in her breast that brought Bonnie Olson
to the doctor back in 2002. It was actually a swelling in her armpit. So when a
diagnosis of breast cancer was made, she was shocked. Then came the fear.
“You're thinking you've got all this life ahead of me and I've got all these things
I want to do and people I want to see so there's so much that goes through your
head,” she says.
And then there are so many decisions to make.
Bonnie thought the emotions of losing her hair on her head were going to be devastating to her. Surprisingly, she took that part of her
treatment side
effect pretty well. “What really was
hard for me is when I lost my eyebrows and my eyelashes and then all the hair on
your body.”
It’s important to prepare yourself as much as you can by reading about the disease and talking to other survivors. It’s also important for the spouse to remember that
he has a vital role in all of this as well. “Talk about how they haven’t changed,
their body has changed, internally what makes them, them, is the same. Focus on
those strengths,” says registered nurse Laurie Wise.
“I'm not going to let it get me down. And I want to tell every other woman,
get out there and fight.”
And Bonnie is still fighting for the cause by helping other women through her work
at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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