Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer, just like any other health condition, can psychologically impact the patient. This stems from a lot of things including the stigma that comes with battling such a health condition.

Let's learn about the various other psychological impacts of breast cancer on its patients below.

Emotional distress

Breast cancer diagnosis often leads to intense emotions such as fear, anxiety, and sadness. Coping with the uncertainty of treatment outcomes and potential life changes can be challenging. This constant worry leads to depression or other negative feelings. But we are here to let you know Franca stands with you.

Body Image Issues

Surgical procedures, such as mastectomy, may affect body image and self-esteem. Coping with changes in physical appearance can be emotionally taxing. Women love to feel confident about their bodies, but we can't say the same for women living with breast cancer. This is enough reason for them to lose their self-esteem.

Fear of Recurrence

Breast cancer may strain relationships with family and friends. Some relationship partners cannot condone the fact that their partners are dealing with a deadly disease such as breast cancer. This might even cause them to detach or even break up with them. Sadly, the patient has to live with this stigma every day of their lives. How more difficult can life get for a breast cancer patient?

Coping with Treatment Side Effects

Dealing with the side effects of treatments, such as chemotherapy-induced fatigue or hair loss. Living with breast cancer is no small burden as medication side effects can make you weak. Besides creating emotional distress, it reduces the daily productivity of patients.

Who is Franca Jalloh?

Franca Jalloh is one of those people who has the pain of those living with breast cancer at heart. She's currently a FabOver40 contestant and is hoping to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation with some of the proceedings if she wins, to take care of breast cancer patients. She is very close to winning but needs your votes daily to clinch that winning spot for us all.

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Conclusion

Yes, life is never the same as a breast cancer patient. You live most of your life in worry, low self-esteem, and constantly battling rejection of all kinds because you have a health condition. But would you feel better if we told you it can be managed properly with support from people who care? People that don't marginalize those living with this disease?

Life would feel better and you'll be integrated back to the old society you were once accepted in. That's what we want for all breast cancer patients, and Franca Jalloh in her magnanimity will help you feel happy once more.