The Hardest Thing About Life Post-Cancer Nobody Warned Me About
The Hardest Thing About Life Post-Cancer Nobody Warned Me About The hardest part about life post-cancer? Honestly… everything. No one talks about what life really looks like after cancer. And when they do, it’s something trivial, “you won’t have libido” or some other superficial worry. Let me tell you, when you get diagnosed with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma wrapped in DCIS that has reached your lymph nodes, and you have a baby waiting in the next room for you, your libido is the last thing on your mind . Cancer thrusts you immediately into overdrive. But here’s the thing: after cancer, the trauma lingers in ways you can’t predict. You never know what will trigger memories of that battle, or when it will hit you like it’s happening all over again. Hi, I’m Mrs. ST, Mrs. Sweet Tea, Mrs. Trujillo… or just Rhianna. Five years ago, at 25, I was diagnosed with cancer. Six days after my 26th birthday, I started chemo. If you know anything about health insurance, I paid four pre...