One day you go in to get a mammogram and you
find out you have breast cancer. The diagnosis explains why you may be feeling weaker;
perhaps some unexplained pain as a result of an unusually bothersome lump.
Although lumps are not always painful, to have one, and discover it is cancer
can really get inside your head. Breast cancer will affect one in every eight
women and ultimately it will have a lagging effect on everyone, not just a
woman affected by it.
Breast cancer is not a certain death sentence as it was
before advocacy became a big part of the fight against the disease. There are
several areas outside of a woman’s physical well being affected by breast
cancer and those areas are:
- Family
- Mental Health
- Diet
- Regular Habits
Having breast cancer is a serious challenge; even having an
early stage of breast cancer is a major problem. During the early stages a
woman’s fear may originate from not knowing whether or not treatment will be
effective. There is also a major concern; will the treatment use create an
unexpected reaction in the individual? In the end there are so many concerns
that they start to have a negative and stressful effect on the woman.
To imagine that you may die and leave loved one behind is a
source of stress and feeling like everything has to change. Unfortunately the
tolls on mental health are debilitating. It’s not that breast cancer will drive
a patient to madness so much as the fact that it will make a patient feel like
there’s very little about life that’s positive.
Breast cancer at any stage seems to age women at a fairly
rapid rate. The multiple procedures coupled with the treatment that can expand
from hormone therapy the chemo therapy and radiation therapy. What ages a woman
is not just the therapy but also the stress. Stress and concern over what
things may come is a big part of may serve as an aide to aging.
While aging is a natural process it’s vital to a breast
cancer patient’s well being not to allow stress and nerves to speed up the
process. If you are concerned about possibly having breast cancer, make sure to
get your mammograms
and also to engage in self exams. It’s vital to ask questions and be aware of
the facts of breast cancer. Aging quicker as a result of breast cancer can only
worsen the effect of the disease.
If you have any questions about diagnostic imaging
procedures such as the mammogram please feel free to give us a call. Our
dedicated team of professionals looks forward to answering your questions and
aiding you in all your diagnostic imaging needs.
Charla
Hurst
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