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submitted: Oct 3rd 2008 | by: RoselynCapen | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 424 | |

Breast cancer can strike you in the middle of your occupied lives without leaving the slightest trace, and prominent symptoms don't appear until a late stage. In some cases, it is painless, which is the saddest part because it escapes from being detected thus, until too much harm is already caused.

Your age or your genetic make up does not entirely protect you from the risk of getting breast cancer, even when they can fairly predict how high or low your risk of getting the disease it. Taking risks is not an option when it comes to cancer; get yourself regularly examined by a professional.

To discover and talk with someone who has successfully fought breast cancer all their lives, and are still surviving it is very heartening - whether it is someone you, yourself, or someone you know - the fight gives tremendous strength in times when making through it seems impossible. This strength will hold you up when people ridicule you, or mock at you for taking the cancer so seriously.

It's very possible that you may not know not to fend off the disease, and the task might seem depressing superficially. There might be times when no one would understand your exact emotions and some people would take them so lightly that it would offend you. Imagine if everyone did sympathize with you, everyone would cry all the time. Stand tall and ask the doctor for regular reports on the progress of your treatment yourself. Your only body belongs to you, help it get through.

Your will is all it takes to overcome any force, even breast cancer, the survivors live to reaffirm that. You will feel scared sometimes, and that's not a sign of weakness. Weakness will be if you feel piling up the fear and give up. Giving more stress to your already diseased body in the form of grief, fear, anger or dismay will worsen things for you. It is not a sin to be sad sometimes or to relieve yourself of worrying through angst - this is all a part of the healing process - just don't let it get touch your core.

One thing that will help to survive this is to not focus on it. Yes you have been diagnosed and that is as hard to handle as anything, but if you focus on what makes you happy and enjoying life as much as you can, you will see that you will not be consumed by your disease, and family and friends will be able to see that as well.

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Breast cancer can be treated. Read more about the breast cancer survival rate and details about new breast cancer treatments

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