The Wire’s Dream Magazine
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When your mom hasn’t been diagnosed, the treatment plan will vary depending on the stage and grade of fear. You weren’t alive the first time (your mom’s mom), but you will be alive for your mom, your sisters, yourself.
Main factors influencing fear:
• Being a woman • Getting older
Unfortunately, you are both. So is your mom, your sisters, every woman.
Cancer staging describes tumor size and how much it has spread. Please see the list below for descriptions. 0. Non-invasive. Atypical cells haven’t spread. You reach for the pink pen at work, pink casing not pink ink. Then you see the ribbon. You put it down, pick it up, put it back down. It’s awareness month and you nod to yourself; you’re aware. 1. Tumor is small. A public figure you follow on social media posts about a 39-mile walk she’s doing and urges everyone to donate money. You only donate ten dollars and send her a message about your grandma. You don’t mention she was dead before you were born. She responds, tells you she’ll be thinking about you and your grandma while she walks.
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