Remember ladies, everyone is different when going through this. It’s a big surgery, I’m 7weeks post op from double mastectomy. And remember people who make these videos have put make up on and did their hair, most likely on pain meds. I am just barely feeling ok, it was not an easy recovery. And I’m happy her “ cancer is out!” What she doesn’t say and what oncology will tell you is that all it takes is one cancer cell to float off, that’s what the chemo is for. I was blessed that it was not in my lymph nodes, but again there’s a small chance the cell could float off and make a home…. Just be gentle with your recovery and god bless to all you women!
Thank you for your honesty. A friend will be going through an op in 2 weeks so I'm trying to educate myself so I can help support her and be informed enough to do this as well as I can. Plus it could happen to any of us and I realised I knew very little about it. I wish you steady healing and strength.
Yeah she’s high. I had my dbl Mastectomy September 12th. Was okay the 1st week. They must of put nerve blockers in my chest. Helped a lot. Enjoyed my narcotics. Didn’t take it all because I enjoyed it a little too much.
I was just diagnosed with breast cancer and was desperately looking to find someone who had your experience so I could ease my anxiety about choosing a mastectomy. THANK YOU so much for making this video. I hope you are well and wish you all the best. It's a wonderful thing you did. ❤️
Victoria you may remember me from Twitter. I explained how my wife and I used to watch your morning program in the waiting room when we were visiting the hospital for my wife's breast cancer treatment. I said it was surreal that you should be diagnosed with this. We've had over forty hospital appointments since March and now she is having chemo. She is bright, energetic and positive and doing well. Wishing you all the very best too.
Incredibly brave personal thing to share. Good luck to you and every person suffering from cancer. The fact that there is not one person in the UK that has not been touched in some way shape or form by Cancer clearly shows that more has to be done to beat it.
Victoria your video echos my own feelings on being diagnosed with cancer and how the surgery really is. I was diagnosed with grade 3 invasive ducal cancer on March 12th and underwent a mastectomy on 1st April. I then had a course of chemo and am now on a year of Herceptin and 5 years of Tamoxifen. I will have my revonstructive durgery in the next few montths.I totally agree that this whole journey is doable, yes there are tough days but by you get through them. At no point have I seen mine as anything more than a temporary inconvenience and in many ways am glad to have had the chance to rethink what is important in my life. I too feel passionate about getting the message out there and have been totally open all along, after all if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. Keep strong and positive, you will succeed. xxx
Victoria, What a brilliant, down to earth unemotional diary of your journey so far. It's a great thing to see a positive and upbeat record of your treatment for breast cancer. Hopefully this will show hundreds of women who maybe diagnosed and be fearful of the road ahead that it's not necessarily something to fear, but to embrace and be proactive about like any other disease. So honoured to see this and share your diary with friends, family, colleagues, and the social media ongoing cascade. Thank you and love and support for you ongoing treatment and recovery. Sandie Chambers x
Thank you so much for this! Your video had made me feel so much better about how I dealt with it all. Other people around me were more worried and upset than I was, and it honestly made me feel like there was something wrong with me... I even talked to my therapist about the fact that I handled my breast cancer so well. I approached it the same way you did... that I was treated for cancer, not that I was battling it. I had a full left mastectomy, chemo, and 25 rounds of radiation, and I stayed fairly positive through the whole thing (except losing my hair... I didn’t handle that very well at first). Which everyone seems to be so amazed at, but to me seemed normal. I could have curled up in a corner and been miserable, but why bother? It just makes my life more miserable. And every healthcare professional I talked to during my treatment said my positive attitude did me a world of good through all of this. It took me almost two years from the mastectomy date until I got my consultation with my plastic surgeon, and I am looking at up to 2.5 years before I can get in for my DIEP flap reconstruction. It is a long process here in Canada for the reconstruction, but the mastectomy was a month after diagnosis, so at least the important part got done right away.
One advantage with having cancer is everybody is so sympathetic and helpful. Perhaps because it has touched all of us. There are many illnesses which are no less unpleasant where the patient isn't given this understanding.
You are really a strong lady. I had my mastectomy done 14 days today,I have been feeling weiry about what it will be like on this journey but watching your clips I feel uplifted. Hoping to come out of it too. Yes it hits us all differently but each day as it comes. Thank you for this.
Firstly I want to say I am so sorry you have to do this journey. I like you had malignant breast cancer and mastectomy, followed by chemo and radiotherapy. I also needed to have my pectoral muscle removed. I was not allowed to have reconstruction straight away. My lymph nodes showed cancer so 17 were removed in a further op. This all followed on from breast cancer 7 years earlier. You are right when you say everyone's cancer is different. I am left with permanent pain in my shoulder and right side and although this never stops me doing anything especially my allotment and playing with my beloved grandchildren, I am in increased pain if I overdo things. It's brave of you to share this story and I wish you well on your journey but to women (and men) going through this now who aren't doing so well I would say this - don't feel you are any less of a person. Our journeys are all VERY different. Wishing you all strength and a long and healthy future
Thank you so much for posting this. I’m English, but living in Canada now and I have this insidious disease too. It isn’t like the NHS here. It grew 42% in 24 days from first mammogram to biopsy day. Now I’m left waiting to see a surgeon and I discover I’m registered at the hospital with the slowest rate of dealing with breast cancer surgeries. I am less scared for whenever I eventually get both breasts removed after seeing your video. But whether that happens in time I have no clue. Anyway, thanks again. 🤗🤞
Thumbs up! I had exactly the same thing 3 years ago and i wasn't as positive as you! My surgery wasn't a success and my reconstruction neither. So it was horribly painful and had a deep depression after. I wish i had seen a video like yours before surgery! God bless you!
I had thyroid cancer....and like you I don;t feel I had a battle. I had cancer and it got treated. You are right. Every cancer is different. But cancer is treatable. Wishing you well in your recovery
Hi salley cancer is awfull and id wish it on no1. Have u watched victoria darbyshire interview rickydearman in 2015? If not watch it on youtube god bless u get back to me let me know ur thaughts
I had breast cancer 2014 double mastectomy with implants but the cancer side failed. Breast reconstruction 2016 lots of issues 2018 I got breast cancer so had that removed and lymph nodes taken out. It’s now 2023 and Iv got breast cancer again so I’m now having both reconstructive breasts removed again this time going flat, I also didn’t have pain just odd twinges. I was 47 when I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer so please check yourself regularly as it can return where breast skin cells get left behind. Thank you for sharing your story.
Mrs Derbyshire, I respect you a lot for undergoing this. I have a non cancerous tumour in possibly worst organ to have it in. The surgeons couldn't remove it as it would have cause major damage. My memory is damaged from the surgeries done and that causes me torture since I am a university student and I have difficult storing information. My hero (Richard Feynman) and my 2nd favourite singer (Ronnie James Dio) died of cancer. Anyone who had cancer is a hero/heroine
Love your programme on BBC News Victoria, you're such an inspiration to us all. Saw you mention on this morning's show (3-11-2015) that you're in for more treatment. I wish you all the best, fight the good fight we're all rooting for you :-)
¹5 Years ago I had breast cancer .I had all the treatment the OP aswell ,So anybody that survie Well Done to you ALL.Any sort of cancer.I wish you all well.
While I agree that showing this in a positive light is useful to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, i feel that Victoria has chosen to appear strong on camera, as many women would, but this hides the truth; that in fact it is terrifying, emotional, and at times painful. It also does not show the emotional effects of all the long waiting for operations, tests and medical decisions. Then the exhausting additional treatments needed such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the side effects such as infertility, heart or bone damage, relationship issues and also the effort of coping with being physically different to 'normal' women. Lets face it, women are raised in our culture based on how they look and physical attractiveness is promoted as more important than goodness itself. Now try living in that culture with the scars and body dismorphia that mastectomy brings.
+Nichola Hennessey I think this is a very balanced comment. Being upbeat is a great way to be and I do hope that things remain so for Victoria but if they do not I hope that she has the courage to share honestly how things are going. Sometimes when we start off so very positive (because we want to allay the fear of others) it can be difficult to then share how very difficult the treatment can become. Many people who are further down the line will know more of the long term consequences and the side effects that never go away.
Agree. Doing a piece to camera while still infused with pain numbing anesthetic isn't quite the same as the reality of being back home minus a breast/s and fearing looking there. She hasn't really shown how it is. So it's more a prettified version...leaving out the reality. I've just had my 3rd chemo today and am heartily fed up with it all. Had a PICC line inserted two days ago and am still in plain with it. I started off all positive.....but the disruption to one's life is a big thing. After mastectomy and hair loss and now restricted movement in left arm due to vein damage and right arm due to lymph removal.........I feel mutilated. I can't pretend it's OK.....cos it's not. Of course I'm thankful to be getting rid of cancer and have the highest praise for all the NHS staff. But it's no walk in the park........Victoria's demystifying is more a greatly edited personal version and not the full Monty.
Im 11 days pro only 3 pain pills drain’s remove d on day six. Can raise both arms without difficulty I binged watch utube videos before hand practiced getting in and out of recliner without using armsdid have Bilateral M. Prepare as well as you can and never compare yourself to anyone else if you do you can set yourself up for failure im 81 and the mother of 6 fyi
Thank you so much for sharing your journey, you will be an inspiration for many women, you have a wonderful uplifting attitude, wishing you all the very best, shall see you in your next video x
6 years ago it was 1 in 3 people get cancer in their life. Now it’s 1 out of 2 people. That’s crazy. I’m going into hospital on the 7th of January 2022, for surgery. Happy new year 👌🏻✨ thank you so much for sharing your journey. ❤️
Stay strong and positive and I wish you all the best. I had a mastectomy in 2020 right in the middle of the pandemic. Two years cancer free now! Blessings to you and take heart, it's still 1 in 8 people.
Her master SATAN is surely blessing her. This witch was complicit in covering up the horrific sexual abuse of those Hampstead kids. She is a demon has brought every ill she may encounter on herself.
Look at the Macmillan community forum on Breast Cancer, it will give you a wealth of support, its where I go even now for support and a chat and to help others with the same that's happened to me
I hope those women who underwent mastectomy didn't watch a video of the mastectomy surgery. I saw one, the other day, and let me tell you, it shocked me to the sole of my feet. The breast was manhandled during the surgery. I didn't see any kind of gentle manipulation of the breast. It became a piece of meat, push left and right, up and down. The scalpel was slashing the underlying tissues. Because it was a mastectomy, not just removing specific cancerous tissue, the level of brutality on the breasts was alarming. You can see the nipples being roughly handled as well. Mastectomy is a way of life now, unfortunately, but I hope the video I watched is just that one time, not a usual procedure.
Wow! My original reply disappeared. My comment is that I love the video but there is one error that I would like to correct and that is the stated number of women who will at some point have breast cancer. I'm sure that Victoria's pain meds contributed to the error. Victoria stated that 1 in 3 women will have breast cancer. The actual number is 1 in 8. And of those 1 in 8 women, 3 will end up with Stage IV (Metastatic Breast Cancer or MBC). MBC is the only type of breast cancer that cannot be cured. It is treatable, but is always fatal. Annually and worldwide, more than 400,000 women and men die from MBC. On 11 August 2009 I was diagnosed with Stage III C breast cancer and went through 8 months of aggressive treatment. On 28 June 2013 I was diagnosed with MBC. Blessings!
+Deanna Larson Hi Deanna, so sorry to read about your diagnosis, I hope things pan out as well as is possible in the circumstances. I haven't spotted a second mention, so apologies if I've missed something, but around 3:40, Victoria mentions that "more than 1 in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime". I don't think she's talking solely about breast cancer, I think she's talking about all kinds of cancers and the figure of between 1 in 2 and 1 in 3 (so more than 1 in 3) is spot on, unfortunately.
I didn't like the way I felt after I first got out of the hosiptal. But I didn't want the Cancer inside of me. Then I have problems with lipadema. I was swollen 😫 all over my body. Then my stomach is still bloated like I'm pregnant. So I'm trying to get rid of the bloat.
Remember ladies, everyone is different when going through this. It’s a big surgery, I’m 7weeks post op from double mastectomy.
And remember people who make these videos have put make up on and did their hair, most likely on pain meds.
I am just barely feeling ok, it was not an easy recovery.
And I’m happy her “ cancer is out!” What she doesn’t say and what oncology will tell you is that all it takes is one cancer cell to float off, that’s what the chemo is for.
I was blessed that it was not in my lymph nodes, but again there’s a small chance the cell could float off and make a home….
Just be gentle with your recovery and god bless to all you women!
Thank you for your honesty. A friend will be going through an op in 2 weeks so I'm trying to educate myself so I can help support her and be informed enough to do this as well as I can. Plus it could happen to any of us and I realised I knew very little about it. I wish you steady healing and strength.
Yeah she’s high. I had my dbl Mastectomy September 12th. Was okay the 1st week. They must of put nerve blockers in my chest. Helped a lot. Enjoyed my narcotics. Didn’t take it all because I enjoyed it a little too much.
I was just diagnosed with breast cancer and was desperately looking to find someone who had your experience so I could ease my anxiety about choosing a mastectomy. THANK YOU so much for making this video. I hope you are well and wish you all the best. It's a wonderful thing you did. ❤️
How are you feeling today I hope everything is going well 😊
@@afghansongs9189 I’m cancer free 6 years. Thanks for asking!
That’s great news stay healthy beautiful ❤️
Victoria you may remember me from Twitter. I explained how my wife and I used to watch your morning program in the waiting room when we were visiting the hospital for my wife's breast cancer treatment. I said it was surreal that you should be diagnosed with this. We've had over forty hospital appointments since March and now she is having chemo. She is bright, energetic and positive and doing well. Wishing you all the very best too.
Incredibly brave personal thing to share. Good luck to you and every person suffering from cancer. The fact that there is not one person in the UK that has not been touched in some way shape or form by Cancer clearly shows that more has to be done to beat it.
Hi mark hope ur well no 1 deserves cancer its a hellish thing. Have u watched victoria darbyshire interview ricky dearman in 2015?
Thank you so much for sharing this. You've given me such a sense of calm and control about what I am about to go through!
Victoria your video echos my own feelings on being diagnosed with cancer and how the surgery really is. I was diagnosed with grade 3 invasive ducal cancer on March 12th and underwent a mastectomy on 1st April. I then had a course of chemo and am now on a year of Herceptin and 5 years of Tamoxifen. I will have my revonstructive durgery in the next few montths.I totally agree that this whole journey is doable, yes there are tough days but by you get through them. At no point have I seen mine as anything more than a temporary inconvenience and in many ways am glad to have had the chance to rethink what is important in my life. I too feel passionate about getting the message out there and have been totally open all along, after all if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. Keep strong and positive, you will succeed. xxx
Victoria, What a brilliant, down to earth unemotional diary of your journey so far. It's a great thing to see a positive and upbeat record of your treatment for breast cancer. Hopefully this will show hundreds of women who maybe diagnosed and be fearful of the road ahead that it's not necessarily something to fear, but to embrace and be proactive about like any other disease. So honoured to see this and share your diary with friends, family, colleagues, and the social media ongoing cascade. Thank you and love and support for you ongoing treatment and recovery. Sandie Chambers x
Thank you so much for this! Your video had made me feel so much better about how I dealt with it all. Other people around me were more worried and upset than I was, and it honestly made me feel like there was something wrong with me... I even talked to my therapist about the fact that I handled my breast cancer so well. I approached it the same way you did... that I was treated for cancer, not that I was battling it. I had a full left mastectomy, chemo, and 25 rounds of radiation, and I stayed fairly positive through the whole thing (except losing my hair... I didn’t handle that very well at first). Which everyone seems to be so amazed at, but to me seemed normal. I could have curled up in a corner and been miserable, but why bother? It just makes my life more miserable. And every healthcare professional I talked to during my treatment said my positive attitude did me a world of good through all of this.
It took me almost two years from the mastectomy date until I got my consultation with my plastic surgeon, and I am looking at up to 2.5 years before I can get in for my DIEP flap reconstruction. It is a long process here in Canada for the reconstruction, but the mastectomy was a month after diagnosis, so at least the important part got done right away.
One advantage with having cancer is everybody is so sympathetic and helpful. Perhaps because it has touched all of us. There are many illnesses which are no less unpleasant where the patient isn't given this understanding.
You are really a strong lady. I had my mastectomy done 14 days today,I have been feeling weiry about what it will be like on this journey but watching your clips I feel uplifted. Hoping to come out of it too. Yes it hits us all differently but each day as it comes. Thank you for this.
Firstly I want to say I am so sorry you have to do this journey. I like you had malignant breast cancer and mastectomy, followed by chemo and radiotherapy. I also needed to have my pectoral muscle removed. I was not allowed to have reconstruction straight away. My lymph nodes showed cancer so 17 were removed in a further op. This all followed on from breast cancer 7 years earlier. You are right when you say everyone's cancer is different. I am left with permanent pain in my shoulder and right side and although this never stops me doing anything especially my allotment and playing with my beloved grandchildren, I am in increased pain if I overdo things. It's brave of you to share this story and I wish you well on your journey but to women (and men) going through this now who aren't doing so well I would say this - don't feel you are any less of a person. Our journeys are all VERY different. Wishing you all strength and a long and healthy future
What a beautiful, brave woman. This film will help so many others. So good of Victoria to share this. Best of luck to her and get better soon.
Cancer is curable and always has been.
Cancer is awful and no1 deserves it. Have u watched victoria darbyshire interview rickydearman?
brave women bless her heart i didnt no she was going through this
Thank you so much for posting this. I’m English, but living in Canada now and I have this insidious disease too. It isn’t like the NHS here. It grew 42% in 24 days from first mammogram to biopsy day. Now I’m left waiting to see a surgeon and I discover I’m registered at the hospital with the slowest rate of dealing with breast cancer surgeries. I am less scared for whenever I eventually get both breasts removed after seeing your video. But whether that happens in time I have no clue. Anyway, thanks again. 🤗🤞
I have been diagnosed with breast cancer two months ago thank you for sharing this video you gave me some courage
How are you now?
I finished my chemo now waiting for radiation therapy
@DrAriba-rt8zo hey thanks for asking I finished my chemo radiation everything on medication for five years 🙏
Thank you for showing us ! Sending you thoughts of good health !
Thumbs up! I had exactly the same thing 3 years ago and i wasn't as positive as you! My surgery wasn't a success and my reconstruction neither. So it was horribly painful and had a deep depression after. I wish i had seen a video like yours before surgery! God bless you!
I had thyroid cancer....and like you I don;t feel I had a battle. I had cancer and it got treated. You are right. Every cancer is different. But cancer is treatable. Wishing you well in your recovery
Congratulations on beating your cancer. Hope you are well 3 years out.
Hi salley cancer is awfull and id wish it on no1. Have u watched victoria darbyshire interview rickydearman in 2015? If not watch it on youtube god bless u get back to me let me know ur thaughts
The usual combination of elegance and tenacity. Get well soon
SO helpful. Thank you
I had breast cancer 2014 double mastectomy with implants but the cancer side failed. Breast reconstruction 2016 lots of issues 2018 I got breast cancer so had that removed and lymph nodes taken out. It’s now 2023 and Iv got breast cancer again so I’m now having both reconstructive breasts removed again this time going flat, I also didn’t have pain just odd twinges. I was 47 when I was originally diagnosed with breast cancer so please check yourself regularly as it can return where breast skin cells get left behind. Thank you for sharing your story.
Get well soon sweetie.
I like your down to earth, no nonsense, style...thanks
Mrs Derbyshire, I respect you a lot for undergoing this. I have a non cancerous tumour in possibly worst organ to have it in. The surgeons couldn't remove it as it would have cause major damage. My memory is damaged from the surgeries done and that causes me torture since I am a university student and I have difficult storing information. My hero (Richard Feynman) and my 2nd favourite singer (Ronnie James Dio) died of cancer. Anyone who had cancer is a hero/heroine
Love your programme on BBC News Victoria, you're such an inspiration to us all. Saw you mention on this morning's show (3-11-2015) that you're in for more treatment. I wish you all the best, fight the good fight we're all rooting for you :-)
Was she diagnosed again
Thank you, so much, for expressing publicaly everything. Transparency only helps people who are coming up.
¹5 Years ago I had breast cancer .I had all the treatment the OP aswell ,So anybody that survie Well Done to you ALL.Any sort of cancer.I wish you all well.
While I agree that showing this in a positive light is useful to women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, i feel that Victoria has chosen to appear strong on camera, as many women would, but this hides the truth; that in fact it is terrifying, emotional, and at times painful. It also does not show the emotional effects of all the long waiting for operations, tests and medical decisions. Then the exhausting additional treatments needed such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the side effects such as infertility, heart or bone damage, relationship issues and also the effort of coping with being physically different to 'normal' women. Lets face it, women are raised in our culture based on how they look and physical attractiveness is promoted as more important than goodness itself. Now try living in that culture with the scars and body dismorphia that mastectomy brings.
+Nichola Hennessey I think this is a very balanced comment. Being upbeat is a great way to be and I do hope that things remain so for Victoria but if they do not I hope that she has the courage to share honestly how things are going. Sometimes when we start off so very positive (because we want to allay the fear of others) it can be difficult to then share how very difficult the treatment can become. Many people who are further down the line will know more of the long term consequences and the side effects that never go away.
Agree. Doing a piece to camera while still infused with pain numbing anesthetic isn't quite the same as the reality of being back home minus a breast/s and fearing looking there. She hasn't really shown how it is. So it's more a prettified version...leaving out the reality.
I've just had my 3rd chemo today and am heartily fed up with it all. Had a PICC line inserted two days ago and am still in plain with it.
I started off all positive.....but the disruption to one's life is a big thing. After mastectomy and hair loss and now restricted movement in left arm due to vein damage and right arm due to lymph removal.........I feel mutilated.
I can't pretend it's OK.....cos it's not.
Of course I'm thankful to be getting rid of cancer and have the highest praise for all the NHS staff.
But it's no walk in the park........Victoria's demystifying is more a greatly edited personal version and not the full Monty.
Im 11 days pro only 3 pain pills drain’s remove d on day six. Can raise both arms without difficulty I binged watch utube videos before hand practiced getting in and out of recliner without using armsdid have Bilateral M. Prepare as well as you can and
never compare yourself to anyone else if you do you can set yourself up for failure im 81 and the mother of 6 fyi
Thank you for this fabulous video. God bless you
Thank you so much ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this... so helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing valuable information. Many thanks
Thank you so much for sharing your journey, you will be an inspiration for many women, you have a wonderful uplifting attitude, wishing you all the very best, shall see you in your next video x
Best of luck to you I hope you continue to do well and prosper
thank you for sharing
6 years ago it was 1 in 3 people get cancer in their life. Now it’s 1 out of 2 people. That’s crazy. I’m going into hospital on the 7th of January 2022, for surgery. Happy new year 👌🏻✨ thank you so much for sharing your journey. ❤️
Stay strong and positive and I wish you all the best. I had a mastectomy in 2020 right in the middle of the pandemic. Two years cancer free now! Blessings to you and take heart, it's still 1 in 8 people.
I will be praying for you
Total admiration!
so very brave victoria you will beat this
A strong, brilliant woman. Wishing you the best, Victoria.
Have u watched victoria darbyshire interview rickydearman? Watch it then get back to me with ur full report please
how has this got dislikes? It's great to hear she's better!
Thank you so much. V v best wishes...you're doing a great job.
God bless you
You're amazing Victoria
May god continue to bless you!! Amen!!
I don't think God as anything to do with it, pal.
Her master SATAN is surely blessing her. This witch was complicit in covering up the horrific sexual abuse of those Hampstead kids. She is a demon has brought every ill she may encounter on herself.
Look at the black and blue 💙
Thank you!
Well Done Victoria - You can add inspirational to your CV
Have u watched victoria darbyshire interview ricky dearman? Watch it then get back to me please my friend
Wow awesome.. Well done!
How did you find the cancer?? Apparently it’s evasive on imaging?
thank you....we got this! xxx
Look at the Macmillan community forum on Breast Cancer, it will give you a wealth of support, its where I go even now for support and a chat and to help others with the same that's happened to me
I’m getting ready to have mine
No flat closure
Thank you 🙏 very good to know you are very well 👌 xxxxxx
@DrAriba-rt8zo sorr late reply I am very good now thank you 🙏
@DrAriba-rt8zo hi ! Thank you again ! I am going to have breast implants soon after 3 years had breast cancer xxxx
Ps. Very worried 1 minutes I love to do 1 minutes don’t want to I am have implants done after 3 years 1 remove xxx
Recurrent can be an issue
I hope those women who underwent mastectomy didn't watch a video of the mastectomy surgery. I saw one, the other day, and let me tell you, it shocked me to the sole of my feet. The breast was manhandled during the surgery. I didn't see any kind of gentle manipulation of the breast. It became a piece of meat, push left and right, up and down. The scalpel was slashing the underlying tissues. Because it was a mastectomy, not just removing specific cancerous tissue, the level of brutality on the breasts was alarming. You can see the nipples being roughly handled as well. Mastectomy is a way of life now, unfortunately, but I hope the video I watched is just that one time, not a usual procedure.
Wow! My original reply disappeared. My comment is that I love the video but there is one error that I would like to correct and that is the stated number of women who will at some point have breast cancer. I'm sure that Victoria's pain meds contributed to the error. Victoria stated that 1 in 3 women will have breast cancer. The actual number is 1 in 8. And of those 1 in 8 women, 3 will end up with Stage IV (Metastatic Breast Cancer or MBC). MBC is the only type of breast cancer that cannot be cured. It is treatable, but is always fatal. Annually and worldwide, more than 400,000 women and men die from MBC. On 11 August 2009 I was diagnosed with Stage III C breast cancer and went through 8 months of aggressive treatment. On 28 June 2013 I was diagnosed with MBC. Blessings!
+Deanna Larson Hi Deanna, so sorry to read about your diagnosis, I hope things pan out as well as is possible in the circumstances. I haven't spotted a second mention, so apologies if I've missed something, but around 3:40, Victoria mentions that "more than 1 in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime". I don't think she's talking solely about breast cancer, I think she's talking about all kinds of cancers and the figure of between 1 in 2 and 1 in 3 (so more than 1 in 3) is spot on, unfortunately.
She had signs
I didn't like the way I felt after I first got out of the hosiptal. But I didn't want the Cancer inside of me. Then I have problems with lipadema. I was swollen 😫 all over my body. Then my stomach is still bloated like I'm pregnant. So I'm trying to get rid of the bloat.
All the best to her! From a Russian living in Finland! :-D
YAAA
hi , you interviewed me ages ago on some banal finance subject - hope all goes well.
Wow you were lucky you got to stay overnight! I had to go in and out same day for my mastectomy!
Bless you, Darling.Brave...stoic woman...WARRIOR¡¿¡¿♡♡♡
Mesh sling
Magliment how bad
Got worser and worser😢
Well done Victoria your own hair looks great. It's who you are. The cover up job was ok but not you.
Socks 🧦
Bruhh😂i have no cleavage i have very small boobies they have nice shape but they are far away from each other kinda so i dont have a cleavage
This might sound weird but broccoli helps cancer
Yummy story
Never.
97% of times chemo doesnt doesnt work. start to fix your body now whilst your in remission.
good luck
this is fake
#fakenews
Dirty smear merchant!!!
TWAS GOD WHO PUNCHED YOU
thank you for sharing