The Eccentric pop singer and Whitenicious boss Dencia shared her cancer scare what she under go at 13 after having surgery to remove a cyst in her breast. She stresses the importance of women going for checks yearly.
“One faithful day when I was 13 years old, I was laying down in my bed,
randomly touched my breast & felt a lump in my right breast. I
screamed, jumped & ran to my grandma’s room; she touched around
& said something was wrong. I was so nervous & couldn’t wait
until 8AM to go to
the hospital. We consulted with a few family doctors
who sent us to a specialist, that same day I was doing my first
mammogram ever, I was just 13 but had grown boobies (lol) the Dr said
the cyst was way too big and was making me sicker. Luckily I was already
scheduled for another surgery in a few days for my throat & nose,
the Dr added my breast to my already scheduled surgery. I am 13 thinking
how the fuck do I have this in my breast. Needless to say waking up to 3
major surgeries & wouldn’t be able to talk for 3 months &
bleeding all over wasn’t fun 😫😫😫 but my issues might have ended
physically but the emotional torture was on its way
The Dr informed me that “There is preliminary evidence that women with
breast cysts may be at an increased risk of breast cancer, especially at
younger ages.” And that I had something related to cancer (bla bla bla )
that story wasn’t for me lol. There goes my school year, before healing,
I had to start getting other tests done all over the place to make sure
I wasn’t at risk cancer 😫😫😫 I was so scared and honestly I didn’t
know much about cancer I just knew it killed people. I am 13 living in
Africa, I did a lot of research and realized all I needed to do was
checkup & make sure I was on top of my exams, mammograms and all the
not so fun but necessary things. I still wear the scar from that cyst,
it’s a big Ass scar that i am still trying to get rid it off 10+ yrs
later but every time I look at it I am reminded Of how lucky I am to
have caught that big ass cyst, lucky to have a grandma who was on top of
it all. A lot of young girls around the world don’t have that and a lot
of young and older girls & women do have the opportunity to check,
do mammograms & Pap smears but don’t do it. Breast cancer awareness
and other cancers should be all year round, stay on top, stay informed,
check yourself and if you don’t know how to, ask your mom, Dr, friend
etc #breastcancer #breastcancerawareness.”
October is breast cancer awareness month; Dencia is playing her part in
informing men and women about early detection of lumps in your breast.
Meanwhile, Dencia weeks back said she will not visit the spa for a week as she will be using her sister’s breast milk as facial cleanser for a whole week so as to have a baby skin.
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