I called my mom, and for the first time, I admitted how overwhelmed and isolated I felt. While my oncologist mentioned some side effects, no one fully prepared me for what menopause at such a young age would entail.
Muchos pensamientos cruzaron por mi mente cuando me diagnosticaron con cáncer de mama, tales como “Me voy a enfermar mucho y tengo miedo de no ser una buena madre como lo fui antes”.
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Bri candidly shares her journey dealing with her mother’s misdiagnosis and the inequities that POC face in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. She highlights the need for inclusivity and representation in the community and emphasizes the importance of recognizing systemic inequities.
If I had sought out support, I would have been better informed about my options, about what to ask the oncologist, about what would help me during treatment. I wouldn’t have felt so ignorant. I wouldn’t have been alone with this new normal.
There is a level of comfort and familiarity to having a doctor who can not only speak your language but understands your culture.
If cancer has taught me anything, it is that life is too damn short to cower to my fears.
While breast cancer united us all, my needs as a Latina with a young family were not the same as a 75-year-old white woman with grown children. Our families were different, our cultures were different, and our needs as breast cancer patients were different. I wanted to fill the gap that I knew existed for others like me.
I didn’t grow up with any family traditions, so it’s been important for me to start them with my children. I hope your family loves it as much as mine does!
I had become the patient; he became the caregiver. He saw me differently. Fragile. In pain. Suffering. All I wanted was to be loved in every way — to be a wife, a lover, a sexual being.
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