Emma Campbell, a patient victim of breast cancer for 13 yearstake advantage of World Cancer Day to raise awareness of the warning symptoms. Author and podcaster, she shares through a publication within the Mirrorits history and especially the changes on the body that should not be taken lightly.
Single mother of four children, including triplets, Emma had her first diagnostic in 2010, then a recidivism in 2014. “There were months, even years, where I did not know if I was going to survive or not”, she says, before confiding that she had perceived certain symptoms, but preferred to keep them silenced for fear of a diagnosis.
Cancer: “My gut told me something was wrong”
“I ignored the symptoms. I was aware of the changes in my bosom, recalls the patient who was diagnosed with stage 4. I inspected my skin under bright lights and magnified mirrors. My gut told me something was wrong. But each time, I did nothing. I was just too scared.”
She adds that she was “terrified to pick up the phone and get checked out.” Unfortunately, the denial of the young mother allowed the cancer to get worse. As the weeks and months went by, the symptoms got worse and worse. more magnitude.
Over the course of her life, nearly one in eight women will face cancer be you. Each year in France, nearly 60,000 new cases are diagnosed according to the National Cancer Institute. It is recommended to practice self-examination once a month, following menstruation, or on a fixed date in the absence of menstruation. The appearance of a lump, a lump in the breast, under an arm (armpit) or pain is one of the common symptoms when breast cancer develops.
Emma Campbell has shared the symptoms she shouldn’t have ignored. Medisite relays them in images.
