“One
faithful day When I was 13yrs old,I was laying down in my bed,randomly
touched my breast & felt a lump in my right breast.I screamed,jumped
& ran to my grandma's room,she touched around & said something
was wrong.I was so nervous & couldn't wait until 8AM to go to the
hospital. We consulted with a few family Dr's who sent us to a
specialist, that same day I was doing my first mammogram ever, I was
just 13 but had grown boobies (lol) the Dr said the cyst was way too big
and was making me sicker. Luckily I was already scheduled for another
surgery in a few days for my throat & nose, the Dr added my breast
to my already scheduled surgery. I am 13 thinking how the fuck do I have
this in my breast. Needless to say waking up to 3 major surgeries &
wouldn't be able to talk for 3 months & bleeding all over wasn't
fun ������
but my issues might have ended physically but the emotional torture was
on its way. The Dr informed me that "There is preliminary evidence that
women with breast cysts may be at an increased risk of breast cancer,
especially at younger ages." And that I had something related to cancer
(bla bla bla) that story wasn't for me lol There goes my school year,
before healing, I had to start getting other tests done all over the
place to make sure I wasn't at risk cancer ������
I was so scared and honestly I didn't know much about cancer I just
knew it killed people. I am 13 living in Africa, I did a lot of research
and realized all I needed to do was checkup & make sure I was untop
of my exams, mammograms and all the not so fun but necessary things.I
still wear the scar from that cyst, it's a big Ass scar that i am still
trying to get rid it off 10+ yrs later but every time I look at it I am
reminded Of how lucky I am to have caught that big ass cyst, lucky to
have a grandma who was untop of it all. A lot of young girls around the
world don't have that and a lot of young and older girls & women do
have the opportunity to check, do mammograms & Pap smears but don't
do it. Breast cancer awareness and other cancers should be all year
round, stay untop,s tay informed, check yourself and if you don't know
how to,ask your mom,Dr,friend etc #breastcancer #breastcancerawareness.”
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