Take It Day By Day

I received a phone call from my doctor this week, she wants to meet with me this Tuesday to go over all the test results, what will happen for my surgery, and after the surgery. March 4th inshallah is a set date for my surgery. Nothing else has happened this week, but that. I am now much relieved to have a set date, keeping the ball of this journey rolling. Al hamdullah everything is going so smoothly.  

Aside from my situation, being young with breast cancer. A finding which I stumbled upon during my researches, just a fact of the week one can say. Which, it is common for males to have breast cancer as well. A topic I wanted to bring to your attention. Shockingly, I know. Breast cancer was always something we associated with females only.

"Male breast cancer is cancer that forms in the breast tissue of men. A man's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is about 1/10 of 1%, or one in 1,000. Male breast cancer is most common in older men, though male breast cancer can occur at any age. The most common sign of breast cancer in men is a firm, non painful mass located just below the nipple. There may not be other associated symptoms. The average size of breast cancer in men when first discovered is about 2.5 cm in diameter. The cancer may cause skin changes in the area of the nipple. These changes can include ulceration of the skin, puckering or dimpling, redness or scaling of the nipple, or retraction (turning inward) of the nipple. Bloody or opaque discharge from the nipple may also occur. Less than 1% of cases are bilateral (occurring on both sides). Since men have little breast tissue, cancers in male breasts are easily palpable (located by feel)"

Thought of the week:

Anxiety, as a human being is only natural to feel in a time like this. Overly thinking of whats going to happen to me next, when the surgery and treatment is done, then what? will it come back, will I be alright? all these thoughts are running through my mind and i'm sure through your minds also, going through a similar or a different form of battle. What you have to remind yourselves,  given any big  or small catastrophe happening to you right now, that you do not have control over it, you just need to let nature run its course, as long as your doing all that is needed to be done, giving it your 100% then there is nothing more to be done, but to wait it out. Take it day by day. Stressing yourself over and over again is only going to deteriorate your mind and body. Really, think about it. When was the last time you heard such and such solved their issue by overly stressing? Never! Therefore, worrying is NOT the answer to any of your problems, deal with them positively. I ran across a quote the other day I thought i'd share it with you " Most of The things You Worry About Never Happen!" Never forget that. 

Live today, let tomorrow come on its own time.