Musings on luck and cancer

[casfic]

Luck is a funny thing, often it can be a state of mind. Many people would regard me as horribly unlucky, but I prefer to see myself as incredibly lucky. It's just the way you look at it

Comments

[venivincere]

You're incredibly lucky. I work in cancer research in drug development; by the time we get patients, they've failed all conventional therapies and are looking for one last hope. It's so much easier to treat with such far better chances of survival the earlier it's caught. I'm so glad you went and that you're going to be OK. *hugs*

[casfic]

I know I'm incredibly lucky. Without the screening it might not have been picked up until it had reached stage three or four. While I'm the sort of person who will always take up screening, I know everyone isn't and I wanted to point out how important it is.

[venivincere]

Thank you!! The more people you reach, the fewer people we see. Outreach is so very vital, especially outreach among friends -- people are far more likely to listen to their friends than they are a billboard ad or something on the radio.

[casfic]

That was why I decided to post this in the end, and make it a public post, which isn't something I'd normally do. I don't flatter myself my journal has a wide readership, but if just one person goes for screening as a result of this post, I'd be happy.

[makd]

As with the previous posters, it's great that it was found, and that your treatment went speedily and well, and that you're recuperating nicely.

It's wonderful to learn that it was handled so very, very, quickly and so well. ::hugs::

[casfic]

Thanks. Lots more treatment to come, but as I said it's all geared towards making as sure as possible that it doesn't come back.

[webbapettigrew]

I am SO glad you were able to get those mammograms! I'm also glad they were able to diagnose quickly and start you on treatment.

*hugs*

[casfic]

The screening programme is so important, and I know I'm going to get very boring about it to everyone who will listen. Getting diagnosed and treated quickly is equally important, and things are getting a lot better here than they were.

[casfic]

*Fingers crossed*

[rhonan]

Oddly enough, this is one of the happiest things I've read in while. I lost two aunts and my brother in law's mother to breast cancer, all because they couldn't be bothered to get checked.

[casfic]

That's horribly sad. It's an awful enough disease to get, but to die from it because you couldn't be bothered going for screening is tragic.