Lisa Machado was diagnosed in 2008 with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) after he noticed a strange bruise that no one could seem to find out. The inexplicable contusion was not accompanied by other symptoms, so she continued very little to continue in speculating what it could be.
After having spent 13 hours in the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, she got her formal diagnosis.
“I was one of those people who were surprised,” she said. “With CML, especially in the early stages, there is not much to tell, not many indications that lead to it.”
At the time, Lisa had a career as a financial writer and two young children, so hearing that she had cancer, became an important source of fear.
“I had a hard time having chronic cancer,” she said. “I didn’t know much about cancer, except that it killed you.”
Lisa noted that the doctors with whom she worked were great, but because they were used to dealing with all kinds of cancer, including especially aggressive, they were not as available to her when it came to how she could live with chronic cancer.
“My oncologist, when I first started with him, he said:” Oh. You have the lucky cancer. Why are you crying? ”
Her oncologist also told her that she would take medication, that she would probably be fine and send her on her way.
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