The Indiscriminate big C1. Family History There was/is nobody in my immediate or distant family with ovarian or breast cancer. 2. Diet I have been a vegetarian on and off for the last 8 years. The last 2 leaning towards vegan when I can. 3. Age I was 23 when discovering the lump, 24 at diagnosis. 4. Crazy Family, Heavy Genes and a Sealed Fate Given my immediate family history of suicides and unusual family tradition. I always thought it was statistically likely my major health worries in life would involve a severe mental breakdown at an older age. 5. Too Ambitious
I had so much planned for my short term future. Cancer didn't give a crap. 6. I Love Sport Before the age of 19 I used to train on horseback about 5 times a week towards monthly endurance rides of 30k+. After then, cycling became my next love and every year since, Nick and I have travelled over 5000 miles on bike trips in the UK and abroad, averaging 60-90 miles a day. My personal best being 101 miles! 7. I Never Liked My Breasts in the First Place The thought of them featuring so heavily in my life now is almost laughable. Especially nipples... I can't stand nipples. 8. Lifestyle Up until my last year as a Bartender, I was always early to bed, early to rise. I have never smoked and I would get drunk on average every 2-3 moths. I maintained a healthy weight and diet my entire life. 9. I Appreciated Life Odd one I know, but I always loved being in the moment. Pleasant present moments, such as staring pensively up into the clouds, enjoying the rain, the wind on my face, feeling the grass and gaining so much pleasure in seeing other animals and people being happy. I was under the impression cancer taught you to feel like this. 10. Other Health Reasons I have always had a small problem with my lungs, lived with severe migraines and extreme nausea on an average of once a month. Suffered extensive colds one after the other and always had irregularly high blood pressure for my age. Before I was 19 I had suffered severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and subjected to involuntary psychiatry under the crushing weight of my family problems. I figured that would be enough health worries to last me to at least 30. |
A ' no holds' page about my life with incurable advanced Breast Cancer, in the hope it will give a realistic, detailed account to other young women going through the unfortunate illness.
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