If we find ourselves coasting through cancer, it may be time to kick it up a notch.
PUBLISHED March 28, 2018
Khevin Barnes is a Male Breast Cancer survivor, magician and speaker. He is currently writing, composing and producing a comedy stage musical about Male Breast Cancer Awareness. He travels wherever he is invited to speak to (and do a little magic for) men and women about breast cancer. www.BreastCancerSpeaker.com ww.MaleBreastCancerSurvivor.com
I've just returned from a visit with my oncologist. Male breast cancer has been my constant companion since May of 2014. My visit today included a few laughs and some minor concerns. She scheduled my next ultrasound and mammogram and expressed some uneasiness over two lymph nodes she can feel deep under my left armpit, but for the most part, there is nothing new to report. I can continue coasting through my cancer.
What I have noticed though, is that as my breast cancer evolves, I find myself getting less tolerant of its presence. And this is odd because as we become accustomed to living every day with the possibility of our cancer returning with vengeance, we also learn, as an act of self-preservation, to live with the beast and get on with our lives. But as I mature in this cancer "awareness" that we often talk about, I have become increasingly mindful of my brothers, the newly diagnosed men with male breast cancer, who still deal with their diagnosis every hour of every day.
What I have noticed though, is that as my breast cancer evolves, I find myself getting less tolerant of its presence. And this is odd because as we become accustomed to living every day with the possibility of our cancer returning with vengeance, we also learn, as an act of self-preservation, to live with the beast and get on with our lives. But as I mature in this cancer "awareness" that we often talk about, I have become increasingly mindful of my brothers, the newly diagnosed men with male breast cancer, who still deal with their diagnosis every hour of every day.
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