Rising every time we fall
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Her primary cancer
was in her left breast.
Having undergone surgery,
chemotherapy, and radiotherapy
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Just when she thought
it was all gone for good…
no, it came back…
this time, on her right breast!
So she underwent further
surgery, chemotherapy,
and radiotherapy
… all over again!
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the following episodes
involved the lungs, lobectomy, etc.
it has been forty years
since she was first diagnosed.
She is now eighty three.
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I marvel
at her courage and perseverance
at rising each time,
cancer came back.
There is still a need
for early detection
after each episode,
whenever cancer comes back,
and catch it
before it spreads further.
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And they were certainly
very painful episodes
one had to endure to live
as a fourty-year-old
breast cancer survivor.
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Quote:
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
Chen Song Ping 
Thank you for inspiration.
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Thank you, Dolly. My teacher is an inspiration to many breast cancer patients whom I refer to her and her team of survivors in their association.
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rising every time we fall…U r right!
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Cancer survivors truly are a wonder. 🙏
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Yes, whenever I have a breast cancer patient, I would call her to talk to the newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
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Sounds like an amazing woman.
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She is my former teacher.
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