Kylie and breast cancer
News of Kylie having breast cancer swept UK like a raging fire.
Breast cancer lines that were set up by televisions, breast cancer charities are swamped with calls of concerns. I am damned sure the breast cancer clinics are struggling with sudden and GPS escalating demands. At least, something good come out of this - increase awareness of breast cancer.
I guess because Kylie symbolizes young successful woman, and when she suddenly strucked with breast cancer, it does make such a poignant point to the society who view her. One minute you have everything life can offer, the next minute, everything blew. Cancer in young people is rare, when it happened, it is usually sinister. The fact that she need to have chemotherapy implied the invasivity of the cancer. Another implication is chemo blow her dream of conceiving a child naturally to smoke, and the whole issue of preserving your eggs before chemo.
I remember a patient I met - she was diagnosed with breast cancer when
she is pregnant. Imagine to have to undergo mastectomy (more or less) straight after delivering your child, and only miniscule time to be able to breastfeed. Not only it stripped your womanhood, it destroys the whole your self-esteem as a mother. I have great sympathy and empathy to cancer patients; I just don't know if I could do the oncologist job. Palliative care is such an attractive specialties - but the heartbreak, gosh. Btw, those who don't know, palliative care is a specialties which deal with terminally ill, incurable disease patients (pancreatic cancer, Alzheimer's, late stage cancer, major stroke)- helping them to maintain a good quality of life before their death, so they can die with dignity and minimal pain;at least minimise their suffering.
To think that when I have a child, I went home and tell him/her, "Today mummy make a lot people cry".
Breast cancer lines that were set up by televisions, breast cancer charities are swamped with calls of concerns. I am damned sure the breast cancer clinics are struggling with sudden and GPS escalating demands. At least, something good come out of this - increase awareness of breast cancer.
I guess because Kylie symbolizes young successful woman, and when she suddenly strucked with breast cancer, it does make such a poignant point to the society who view her. One minute you have everything life can offer, the next minute, everything blew. Cancer in young people is rare, when it happened, it is usually sinister. The fact that she need to have chemotherapy implied the invasivity of the cancer. Another implication is chemo blow her dream of conceiving a child naturally to smoke, and the whole issue of preserving your eggs before chemo.
I remember a patient I met - she was diagnosed with breast cancer when
she is pregnant. Imagine to have to undergo mastectomy (more or less) straight after delivering your child, and only miniscule time to be able to breastfeed. Not only it stripped your womanhood, it destroys the whole your self-esteem as a mother. I have great sympathy and empathy to cancer patients; I just don't know if I could do the oncologist job. Palliative care is such an attractive specialties - but the heartbreak, gosh. Btw, those who don't know, palliative care is a specialties which deal with terminally ill, incurable disease patients (pancreatic cancer, Alzheimer's, late stage cancer, major stroke)- helping them to maintain a good quality of life before their death, so they can die with dignity and minimal pain;at least minimise their suffering.
To think that when I have a child, I went home and tell him/her, "Today mummy make a lot people cry".
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