“It’s Only Temporary”: Dealing W...
Breast Cancer
“It’s Only Temporary”: Dealing With the Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
Unfortunately, cancer treatment often affects how people look. Whether its losing your hair because of chemotherapy, or scarring because of surgery – dealing with physical side effects is tough, and often takes a lot of getting used to.
Two-time cancer survivor Bianca Muniz says that adjusting to how cancer treatment altered her appearance was really hard for her initially. Bianca is a singer, she’s on stage in front of people all the time. So changes to her physical appearance were something she really struggled with. “Once I started treatment, I started getting these really bad breakouts on my face … I tried all these different skin regiments to try to make it better, and I made it worse,” Bianca says. “I’m a performer, I am on stage performing in front of people … so that was very hard for me to get over. It took a long time for me to finally feel OK about it.”
For Bianca, remembering that treatment, and its side effects, are only temporary helped her get through it.
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Unfortunately, cancer treatment often affects how people look. Whether its losing your hair because of chemotherapy, or scarring because of surgery – dealing with physical side effects is tough, and often takes a lot of getting used to.
Two-time cancer survivor Bianca Muniz says that adjusting to how cancer treatment altered her appearance was really hard for her initially. Bianca is a singer, she’s on stage in front of people all the time. So changes to her physical appearance were something she really struggled with. “Once I started treatment, I started getting these really bad breakouts on my face … I tried all these different skin regiments to try to make it better, and I made it worse,” Bianca says. “I’m a performer, I am on stage performing in front of people … so that was very hard for me to get over. It took a long time for me to finally feel OK about it.”
For Bianca, remembering that treatment, and its side effects, are only temporary helped her get through it.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
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