October is often an emotional month for me, as it is associated with awareness of breast cancer, which I am a survivor of.
I experience a mix of emotions – relief to be alive; gratitude for the excellent treatment I received during the illness that granted me a second lease of life; some survivor’s guilt; and finally a sense of responsibility, as a survivor, to help raise awareness of breast cancer, which is the No. 1 cancer in women worldwide, but which can be treated if found early.
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