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\u201cBorskanker was nooit in my gedagtes nie,\u201d s\u00ea Liesl. \u201cEk het nooit gedink dit sou my ooit tref nie, want ek het nooit enige probleme of pyne gehad nie. Ek het dokter toe gegaan omdat my knie seer was en toe vir dokter gevra om sommer na my bors ook te kyk, want my een tepel was plat. Net om seker te maak het ek vir \u2019n mammogram gegaan en \u2019n biopsie is gedoen,\u201d s\u00ea Liesl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toe die dokter haar laat inkom om die uitslag van die biopsie te kry, het Liesl gehoor sy het \u2019n gewas gehad wat kwaadaardig was. \u201cSkok was my eerste reaksie, want wat ek met die woord kanker verbind het, was die dood. Ek het dadelik aan my 14-jarige dogter gedink en ook aan my man en my ma. Hoe gaan ek di\u00e9 nuus aan my 75-jarige ma oordra?\u201d het Liesl gewonder. \u201cJou brein en alles gaan in \u2019n ander mode<\/em> in en survival mode<\/em> skop onmiddellik in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2019n Onkoloog het bevestig Liesl sal \u2019n dubbele mastektomie moet ondergaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlles het so vinnig gebeur,\u201d s\u00ea Liesl. \u201cToe ek by die huis kom, het ek my afgesonder en op my knie\u00eb gegaan en met die Here gepraat. Ek het nie verstaan nie. Alles was te vinnig en te veel, maar wat ek vir \u2019n feit weet, is dat die Here in beheer van die hele storie is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liesl noem die feit dat sy nooit voorheen gesondheidsprobleme gehad het nie, haar laat besef het dat daar \u2019n \u201cander doel met die hele storie\u201d is. \u201cDit gaan nie oor my nie. Daar is \u2019n groter doel en dit is oor die glorie van God \u2013 van die eerste oomblik dat ek die gemoedsrus gekry het nadat ek gebid het \u2013 ek kan dit nie beskryf nie \u2013 maar ek het eenvoudig nie daaraan gedink nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Danksy die vroe\u00eb opsporing was dit nie nodig dat Liesl chemoterapie of bestraling moes ontvang nie, maar sy s\u00ea: \u201cDit was vir my \u2019n wake-up call<\/em>. Ek het besef dit is tyd om voluit te leef, soos wat \u2019n mens veronderstel is om te doen. Ek het ook besef dat ek aandag nodig het; dat my liggaam aandag nodig het. Begin by j\u00f3\u00fa. As jy nie gesond is nie, kan jy nie vir ander sorg nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBorskanker is nie noodwendig \u2019n doodsvonnis nie. Ek het gewis sterker aan die ander kant uitgekom en het meer empatie vir mense by wie kanker gediagnoseer is,\u201d s\u00ea Liesl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit is egter baie belangrik om vir gereelde ondersoeke te gaan. Jy m\u00f3\u00e9t vir jou jaarlikse ondersoeke gaan. Jy moet ook jou eie liggaam leer ken en gereeld selfondersoek doen,\u201d s\u00ea Liesl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liesl se storie is vir haar sonder twyfel een van hoop en bemoediging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie storie gaan mos oor ek wat dit nou gehad het, en ek is hierdeur. Wat maak ek nou daarmee? Ek kan dit mos nie vir myself hou nie? Ek moet dit deel. Iemand daar buite kan dalk net iets daaruit kry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liesl s\u00ea mense kan met die grootste liefde met haar kom praat, net om daaroor te gesels of om emosionele bystand te kry. \u201cEk voel dit is deel van die \u2018hoekom\u2019 ek hierdeur is, en dat ek hierdeur moes gaan om dit te verstaan,\u201d s\u00ea Liesl..<\/span> Liesl kan by 073 193 0353 gekontak word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oktober is Borskankerbewusmakings-maand. Borskanker is die mees algemene vorm van kanker onder Suid-Afrikaanse vroue, s\u00ea die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (Kansa). 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