Listed below are some cancer symptoms which are usually overlooked by women. If any of these symptoms are there for a prolonged period or there is a frequent recurrence, it is time to schedule a visit with your doctor.
- Unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite or weakness and fatigue.
- An oral ulcer that refuses to heal.
- Difficulty swallowing.
- Swollen neck nodes, nodes in the underarms or any other abnormal swellings on the body.
- Any lump in the breast, nipple discharge.
- Long standing cough with or without expectoration (phlegm or mucus) or Hemoptysis (coughing up of blood or blood stained phlegm).
- Bloating, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding or blood in the stool.
- Unusual heavy menstrual bleeding or inter-menstrual bleeding.
- Any abnormal vaginal discharge or post-coital bleeding.
- Blood in the urine or stools.
Some years back, I lost my beloved father-in-law to cancer. His absence is felt every day of our lives and we miss him a lot.
Signing off feeling very very sad and this quote by cancer survivor Lance Armstrong
'If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.'
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