| my aunt was just diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. she had a painful lump in her armpit. her mother had always said 'if it hurts it isn't cancer' so she wasn't too worried, she just assumed it was an ingrown hair. itwas painful though, so she went to the doctor anywhere, and it turned out it was cancer. she's having chemo now and apparently she should make a full recovery. i fucking hope so, it's terrifying.
because of this my mother went to go have a mammogram (it's her sister) and the doctor wouldn't give her one, she basically had to pretend she had found a lump for the doctor to take her seriously. even though she's a perfect candidate: she's in her 50s, she smokes and generally has an unhealthy lifestyle and her sister has breast cancer. it's a disgrace. she's got an appointment now, but she really had to fucking beg the doctor for it. my cousins now have breast cancer on both sides of their family, my uncle's (her husband) died of it. you go from not knowing anyone with cancer to a full scale cancer family crisis
we're waiting to find out if the cancer has spread anywhere, esp to her lungs as she's been a smoker for about 40 years.
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