Don’t scroll past this. Kylie Armstrong was diagnosed with breast cancer and these small dimples were the only signs. She posted the image on Facebook so everyone knows that “that breast cancer is not always a detectable lump.” Here’s how Kylie is doing today.
I know someone who caught her own breast cancer because she realized her nipples were sometimes inverting which she had never experienced before. Her primary initially tried to excuse it as normal (because it is normal for some) but she pushed the issue because she knew it was weird that it had never happened to HER breasts before. She was stage 3 already, but eventually became cancer free. If she hadn’t trusted herself and advocated for herself she likely would have bee stage 4 before she had a lump or other common symptoms and by then it would have bee terminal.
I don’t want to keep writing updates about my father’s health because it has not improved at all, but we still need all the help we can get.
I have taken two weeks off work a month ago to seek financial assistance from our local government and agencies but we have not gotten any response from them. His prescribed medicine amounts to $29 a day, and I only make about $16 (820 pesos minimum rate) daily, and unfortunately, that is not enough to cover all of our expenses.
At least 6 people from our department alone tested positive for Omicron since Monday. Thus, our operation temporarily ceased until our executives figured out how to administer us. And I don’t know what else to do nor where to seek help for us to survive these coming days/weeks.
We cannot bring Papa home just yet because we cannot pay the entirety of the hospital bill. Our family has written multiple promissory notes for the hospital to consider but was rejected each time. We no longer have anything to sell nor pawn (except our house) to make ends meet.
I am aware that it is nobody’s business but ours, but it would be greatly appreciated if anyone could spare us any amount until we get back on our feet.
(As much as I hate seeing him this vulnerable, this is what he looks like right now [a short clip taken a month ago when he was transferred to the common ward]. I hope this exhibits how desperate our situation is.)
You might’ve remembered reblogging the campaign post I created for my father who was suffering from Colorectal Cancer last year or not, but I am taking my chances here. I’m sorry.
Thank you guys for all the well wishes about my mom’s situation.
She is home, stable, and undergoing cancer treatment. Her diagnosis and prognosis are (knock on wood) better than we thought. There is hope for her. It’s going to be a battle, but we’re fighting it.
I think getting back into sims content will help clear my head with everything going on.
Sorry I’ve been gone, but things aren’t going great. Had so many finals I was about to lose my mind. I won’t bore you with the details, but I decided to leave my 2 heaviest exams for July and extend university for half a year. I’m still gonna have a ton of work to do, but I won’t be doing the practice rounds this semester. All of this, if I can pass this exam, which I can only pass if they let me enter campus, and they might not, because I forgot to sign a thing that says I’m vaccinated and no symptoms, etc., which I was supposed to sign 72 hours prior to entrance, and my exam’s on Tuesday. See, I’m a mess. Last time I had a similar thing happen, and now, this. Tomorrow I’m gonna call the uni and ask what to do, and I’ll tell them “I’m a paying costumer, let me in or else”, and hope that works. They wanna treat us like they’re corporate assholes trying to make money all the time, we’ll treat them like it too.
tw: cancer
There’s something else that’s draining me, and that is family. I have an aunt that for a year has been struggling with cancer, and now it’s gotten to the point where she might not make it. We’re still hoping for a miracle, but at this point, that’d be the only way. I’m trying to compartmentalize, so that I can still focus on studying. But that’s about the only thing I can do. I have no energy for anything else. Plus, my sister’s living with me in my tiny apartment until she can find her own place, and tensions are running high. I’ve been playing games, watching youtube, anything to get my mind off it. But I’m crawling the walls. It’s a mess on top of a mess. All I can do is allow family members to stay here if they wanna visit my aunt, or visit her myself, which most days, neither of us have the energy for. It’s hard seeing her like this, and I have to put a brave face and tell her I believe she’ll pull through. But it’s been a long time since I believed in miracles.
So yeah. Everything is shitty right now and I don’t know how long I can keep going. But I have to, because our resources are straining, and don’t know how long we can keep paying for my education. I need to get this damn degree already. I’m lucky I have people who support me, and I shouldn’t be complaining. But it’s still tough.
Anyway, hope you guys are doing better than me. And that things get better so I can get back to doing creative things. I miss it. I’m still watching from afar.
