Hello @murnaloo
No need to apologise for your post.
I agree it is quite shocking and distressing to hear of celebrities being diagnosed with breast cancer especially when you’ve had breast cancer.
Personally when I hear such news I have several thoughts: just like you one is “celebrities” whoever they may be are exactly the same as you and me ie human!
The perception that “celebrities” will automatically have “better” healthcare I just don’t subscribe to: the doctors and nurses who work in our NHS are just as (if not more) competent than private healthcare doctors and many work in both sectors: I’m just very grateful that these people exist along with all the researchers and scientists that have been before to make breast cancer treatment what it is today and will continue to evolve
Unfortunately (currently) breast cancer doesn’t discriminate and the statistics on the number of women who will develop it (1 in 7/8?) and news of anyone developing breast cancer be it someone in the news or a friend or acquaintance just remind me of this statistic
On the plus side having now been treated for breast cancer myself I have a greater understanding of what treatment involves and understand much better that a diagnosis doesn’t equal imminent death: there are so many thousands of ladies who are living happy healthy long lives having been diagnosed and treated at some point in their lives.
This doesn’t however take away from the reminder that we have heard those words “you have breast cancer” and trigger memories of treatment and the dreaded word “recurrence” something we all live with: I heard a good way of how to live with that word by describing it as a weight in your shoulder some days (eg reminder days like hearing news of a celebrity or mammogram day) it feels a bit heavier but then other days when you’ve far more interesting better things to think about it’s much lighter and it’s all about living the best life you can with as light a weight as possible but acknowledging that some days it might weigh a bit more
Sending you love
AM xxx