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To Whom It May Concern:
What have you been struggling with most after cancer?
For me, it’s always been fearing its potential return.
And reading about others’ experiences used to trigger this fear the most.
In Cancerland, comparison isn’t just the thief of joy. It also becomes a relentless source of fear.
I used to find myself defaulting to copying others’ experiences and pasting them into my journey, assuming what happened to them would for sure happen to me.
I wish I could tell my old self these four words: we have different DNA.
It’s like books in a bookstore. They may share the same genre, but each and every one of them have their own unique plots.
Similarly, we may share the same diagnosis, but the intricacies of our biology and life circumstances shape our individual cancer journeys in ways that defy comparison.
So next time, don’t control c and control v.
Instead, control n.
Breast regards,
Michelle
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