Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Cancer Taught Me That Self-Care Isn't Selfish, It's Essential

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In early March 2017 I had a tumor removed from the bottom of my ribcage that doctors where 100000 percent convinced was benign. But on March 10, 2017 I received a phone call I will never forget.
My surgeon called me personally to tell me my biopsy results had come back. And the tumor wasn’t benign after all.
It was diagnosed as Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP), a rare form of soft tissue sarcoma. So rare it’s nicknamed the “unicorn cancer.”

After he told me I had cancer I asked him if I could put the phone on speaker. And I’m grateful I did. Because after that my world stopping spinning. And I didn’t hear a word he said.


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