Body Dysmorphia in Cancer Surviors
It can't be that we are just reduced to our sexual organs. It can't be that we are just reduced to our breasts or our hips, or our uterus or ovaries or whatever. It is what makes us and defines us as being women, as being strong women in our identity. So these were the thoughts that rose up in my mind and I wanted to create an awareness about it. I wanted to create an awareness
Ranjana Kamo
@Gamechanger · 0:36
Hello, candy. Sending all the love and all the courage to your mother and you for going through this difficult experience, a difficult challenge. And I'm sure things will work out well as you move through time, and your mom will definitely get better. And it is, you know, not easy being a caregiver. So I'm sending you a lot of love, hugs, and courage. So take care. Bye
Himanshi Thakur
@GreyMatter · 4:21
And you know, when you mentioned what is the definition of a woman, I remembered the documentary that I watched, matt Walsh, who's a political commentator in the US, I'm sure you know about him. He has created this documentary now that is off topic, that is basically on gender, ideology, movement in America. And I know, I'm sure you know the issue that's going on there and he has attempted to ask different people what is a woman?
Jeremiah Myer
@Jeremiah73 · 4:44
And why wouldn't there be truth in this race of Amazonian women? But I just thought that was beautiful. What a wonderful thing for you to tell your mother. And yes, I have heard, too, of people who have had mastectomies getting tattoos. In fact, after my cancer surgery was lung cancer. So it was in my chest as well. But I went to get a tattoo, not on my chest, but just kind of a celebratory tattoo
So it's important that we bring awareness on this and let everyone know, okay, it's normal, it's not a thing to judge or it's not at all loss of identity. So we need to stress on this particular point. So thank you so much Candy, for coming up with this topic
Hello, Jeremiah. Thank you so much for your warm and encouraging words. It was really inspiring for me because you're a cancer survivor, and it's different, right? It's different for me as someone who is experiencing it from the outside, but you are someone who has experienced the battle of the disease on a first hand basis, and it was very eye opening for me
Hello. Thank you for your words. And I have to say, they're very empowering, because, yes, you're absolutely right. She is queen, and she will always be queen. And you know what's interesting? It's interesting because my mother, she genuinely lives her life like a queen. She always chooses, holds herself up as if she is nobility, and she walks with her head held high. And that is something that I have really admired about her
Adarsh Rai
@TheDevilsHorse · 4:50
So my understanding or my thought process to it is your genders are male and female. Okay? And with each gender, you have a very specific organs to it that's said and done, that's very simple, right? But as they say, there's a quote for guys that goes around when I was growing up, I heard this quote being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice. I can't recall who said that, but absolutely
Gunjan Joshi
@Bibliophile · 2:06
The entire life she nurtures a woman nurtures her family and places her family before everything. So I think a surgery should not let all those acts of kindness and all those acts of sacrifices just be forgotten. So I think that depends on family as well. And talking about your mother, your mother, you have told many times that she's very lively and lives life to the fullest. So I think she'll be able to recover very soon and she'll be her lively selves again
Maurice Lekea
@malekea · 2:07
And now they are in a situation where they need us to be there for them. And you are doing such a wonderful job. I don't have my parents. My parents died, I was just about too young, too little, about two years old. And I still think about them, if they were still alive, what I would do for them just by giving me life
Hello. Thank you so much for stopping in and responding to this well of mine. I really appreciate it, your warm words and your concerns. And it's true, it is difficult being a caregiver. You know, at times I have to be very conscious about taking care of myself. So thanks for that reminder. Thanks for your well wishes, and I really, really appreciate it. I hope you have an amazing day
It's still in the back burners for me. I'm still thinking about it in terms of this question, and that's why I kind of posed it out here. Just a raw thought. And it's interesting to see how different people respond to what they perceive as a woman. And I think the common thing I'm noticing is that a lot of people have said that the strength, the inner strength and resilience, which is really interesting, and that's what's being reflected from this
I think your expression of emotion and your expression of thoughts are powerful and transforming, especially for the person listening. Right. It's very healing. So I thank you for that. I really appreciate it, and I really do feel strengthened as I move on, Adarsh. So I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful and warm day wherever you are, and really, truly blessings to
And I'm also appreciative that I am a woman. As I'm watching a strong woman in my life, I also feel very know. It kind of is like, oh. Since someone, my mother is standing up so strongly, it gives me the strength that, yes, I, too, can, will stand like a tall, strong tree one day, like an oak tree with arms spread open wide. So that's the imagery that came into my mind
I really value and appreciate that for sharing about your parents. And I'm sorry for your loss. And as you were talking, you were talking about parents, I was listening to you deeply. I found that I found myself valuing, really valuing my mother at this point and the relationship we have. And if I'm a little bit more open. Before this year, we were getting into a lot of arguments
I mean, I think it is definitely lacking you and this whole experience with the breast cancer and also with seeing my mother through it has made me understand that I need to open my mouth and somehow I need to speak, because I'm slowly realizing that I am a physician, right
Esther Pagan
@Starangel7 · 1:12
The strength for me to fight cancer, who I call that mom, sister that doesn't even have a face. I fought and I survived. I was the one who came back standing. So tell your mom that she's blessed to have another chance at life and that her scars are beautiful. Bye
And at the moment, I'm with my mother, and she's just finished her third cycle, so we are in the third cycle. It's just been five days after, and she's tired. And we have one more cycle of chemotherapy to go, and then we have radiation. But your message came at such a correct time, came at a correct time to encourage me. So thank you for your vulnerability. Thank you for speaking