Consejos que ella me dio:

• Quiérete, háblate bonito, a tu piel, a tu cabello, a tu sonrisa.
• Come sano, come sabroso, bendice cada alimento.
• Ríete busca programas divertidos, ríete con tu familia.
• Es importante rodearte de personas que quieran tu bien, que los temas de conversación no sean de preocupación sobre la enfermedad todo el tiempo, eso aturde a todos, es mejor despejar la mente y hablar de cualquier cosa, eso si, nada negativo.
• Infórmate: lee, estudia, pregunta, es tu mejor arma para combatir el enemigo.
• Sigue al pie de la letra el tratamiento de tu médico.
• Ocúpate, ocupa tu mente y sobre todos tus manos con algún oficio: coser, dibujar, cocinar... todo con el fin de ocupar la mente en algo productivo.

• Ten FE, sino tienes fe, no tienes nada.🙏

Todo esto me lo contó en una visita que le hice, saber que ella tenía cáncer me impactó porque era y es una persona muy activa, dinámica que hace ejercicios en gimnasio y tiene mas energía que tres jóvenes de 20 años, nadie está exento de que pueda sucederle esto, nadie, ella me dijo que cuando se sentía abatida otra chica que había pasado por varios procesos de quimioterapia siempre tenía una sonrisa a flor de piel y unas oraciones que fortalecían.

Si hay antecedentes en tu familia de que hay alguien que haya padecido la enfermedad por favor ¡No lo ignores! hay muchas campañas de sensibilización sobre el tema, si te sientes alguna protuberancia que no es normal en tus senos enseguida anda al médico, no somos invencibles ni la sabemos todas, esto es tan importante que no se puede pasar por alto, incluso usted mi estimado caballero si me lees, porque esta enfermedad silenciosa no solo afecta a las mujeres sino hombres también. ¡El auto exámen salva vidas!.

Gracias por la motivación @sacra97 de mi vida, me tardé dibujando.

Fuentes:

Ilustración realizada por mi, editada en Photoshop Express Móvil y editada en Lunapic
El Gif es cortesía de Tenor y la plantilla es diseñada y personalizada en Canva

Thank you, @ladiesofhive, because every week you raise interesting questions, and in this case, it is no exception. Every time the month of October arrives, we all unite worldwide to face it in solidarity in moral, scientific, social, and other support. I join the initiative No. 208 to answer in detail, but let's go to the grain!

We are in the pink month, a month in which we must reflect on self-care to face one of the worst diseases in the world: breast cancer.

Tell us how you take care of yourself. Are your preventive exams up to date? What do you think about this disease?

A year ago I wrote a post talking about the subject, how it affected me when I was 28 years old, a couple of simple nodules that despite being benign and nothing more than a scare still hurt me, I clearly remember when I had the breast ultrasound the doctor when she applied pressure touching the armpit area it hurt and I told her: Be careful! and she said That's how this exam is done as if you had big breasts! Don't exaggerate!

At the end, she asked me Who told you to have this breast ultrasound? Nobody, I wanted to do it on my own without anyone's recommendation because I want to know why my right breast hurts. I think that's when she realized that she had to be a little more humanistic, she told me to stay calm and take that result to a specialized doctor, but she didn't tell me if I did well or not.

Both the ultrasound and the biopsy results came out well, I was very grateful for the medical treatment that the doctor gave me in the Pathology room, from that experience I learned that you have to look for medical options, get informed, ask and change doctors in case they don't convince you, I learned that science is wonderful and nature is too and that in both you can combine treatments that your health requires.

Up to this day, at 47 years of age, I still take care of myself. Every day I feel my breasts for any abnormality, when I sleep, when I bathe, any time is good. If I feel any kind of symptom, I go to the doctor and then I do my naturopathic treatment because there is nothing like ancestral medicine, but everything with due care without overdoing it because you don't have to saturate yourself with anything, the body itself has its defense system.

I have seen cases of people who have suffered from breast cancer. A neighbor who never wanted to go to the doctor, I don't know if it was out of fear or what was going through her mind. She didn't listen to advice, but when she went it was too late. It was very sad... and another person I have known for many years and whom I appreciate recently beat cancer! She handled it in the best way possible, informing herself, visiting her doctor, complying with her treatments, and managing her emotional health in the company of her loved ones.

Advice she gave me:

• Love yourself, talk nicely to yourself, to your skin, to your hair, to your smile.
• Eat healthy, eat tasty food, bless every meal.
• Laugh, look for funny shows, laugh with your family.
• It is important to surround yourself with people who want your well-being, that the topics of conversation are not about worrying about the disease all the time, that stuns everyone, it is better to clear your mind and talk about anything, but nothing negative.
• Get informed: read, study, and ask, it is your best weapon to fight the enemy.
• Follow your doctor's treatment to the letter.
• Keep busy, occupy your mind and especially your hands with some craft: sewing, drawing, cooking... all to occupy your mind with something productive.

• Have FAITH, if you don't have faith, you have nothing.🙏

She told me all this during a visit I made to her, knowing that she had cancer shocked me because she was and is a very active, dynamic person who exercises in the gym and has more energy than three 20-year-olds, no one is exempt from this happening to them, no one, she told me that when she felt down, another girl who had gone through several chemotherapy processes always had a smile on her face and prayers that strengthened her.

If there is a history in your family of someone who has suffered from the disease, please do not ignore it! There are many awareness campaigns on the subject. If you feel any abnormal lump in your breasts, go to the doctor immediately. We are not invincible and we do not know everything. This is so important that it cannot be overlooked, even by you, my dear gentleman, if you are reading this, because this silent disease not only affects women but men as well.

Thanks for the motivation @sacra97 of my life, I took a while to draw.😉

Sources:

Illustration made by me, edited in Photoshop Express Mobile and edited in Lunapic
The Gif is courtesy of Tenor and the template is designed and customized in Canva
My native language is Spanish so I have used the free online translator DeepL and Grammarly.