My friend had this scare last month when a lump was found under her arm when she was getting a massage and then she had to do all these tests like a biopsy and a MRI and while she was waiting for the results she went off on this trip she’d been planning for months and had paid for all by herself to go to Asia to volunteer. Her parents had told her she couldn’t go but she went anyway and just sent them an email from the airport when it was 2 late for them to stop her. So she’s been over there ever since and we have only been able to IM but from what I understand there were problems with the tests and her parents want her to come home now. Her uncle died of lymphoma when he was young so I think thats the main reason they are worried, but she is the most healthy person you’d ever meet so I don’t think you can compare her to him. But I don’t know what the whole deal is with her parents, she said she would retake the tests when she got home, and that she knew she was fine cause she feels awesome. But her parents are seriously going mental about her coming home, like she said they threatened to have her stepdad go and make her leave and they also said the embassy could make her leave because she’s a minor and they are getting the ppl traveling w her to make her want to leave. They are really angry at her for leaving and she’s really scared of the trouble she’ll be in. But I mean, I think either way she’s not going to get into trouble. Because I mean if she has cancer then her parents will feel awful and she’ll have to start really painful, horrible treatments that are gonna be a thousand times worse than anything they could do to her. If she’s right and she doesn’t have cancer then they will be so happy and relieved they would probably just be like a little mad that she defied them but not as furious as she is afraid. I keep telling her that getting in trouble is not what she should be sweating right now, cause cancer is like WAY bigger than anything else. She’s on here sometimes even while she’s over there and she asked a q earlier about this but didnt really write about it well, i mean she left the cancer part out, which is important, so if this seems kinda like a repeat that’s why.











the issue is not how much trouble she’ll be in with her parents; the issue is her health and life. if she needs to retake tests to determine if she has cancer, she shouldn’t be delaying them, since time can make a big difference in how effective cancer treatment is. i hope she’s fine and it’s all a false alarm, but most people who do have cancer do feel fine; it rarely has any symptoms until it is extremely advanced.
my brother was diagnosed with very advanced cancer in his early 30s, and he looked and felt fine, too, and was to all appearances in great physical condition. he only found it because he was at the doctor for something else. cancer is really not something to mess around with, but if it’s caught and addressed early enough it is often treatable. tell her to take care of herself.