How Does Chemotherapy Affect Social Life

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One major change I have recently witnessed was when my mom started chemotherapy. It was extremely hard to even begin to adapt and accept the change into my family’s and my own life. This happened after my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. When I first received the news I didn’t believe that that it would actually ever happen. Breast cancer runs in my family, my grandmother and my aunt on my mother's side both had it. My mom took many precautions by eating healthy, exercising, and leaving certain things out of her diet. I let this change affect my academics, social life, and overall how I functioned as a person. At the beginning I ignored all of my feelings and ignored the fact that my mom even had cancer. After some time I guess I couldn’t

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