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'I have stage 3 breast cancer and I have never felt more beautiful in my entire life'

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'I have stage 3 breast cancer and I have never felt more beautiful in my entire life'

American model Mieko Rye's Facebook post on battling breast cancer is something every woman must read.

Not many of us here would have heard of Mieko Rye. I too had not until I chanced upon a Facebook post where speaks of her fight against breast cancer.

A little help from the internet and the Facebook post itself led me to understand that Rye is an American model  by profession with 20 years of experience behind her.

In her post titled ‘My Cancer Journey’, she recollects as to how when she started off, she never fit American concept of beauty. Nevertheless, she defied convention and went on to create a career for herself.

Rye, who is also a mum, is battling stage 3 breast cancer and is undergoing treatment for it. She says in her post that she no longer has the very body parts that culture defines as beauty, referring to her eyebrows, eyelashes and hair.

In an interview to ABC News, she said that during her chemotherapy she would avoid looking into the mirror because that’s how much she had changed.

However, the silver lining is that Rye has come to love the woman that she has become. 

Here is what she said in her inspirational Facebook post:

I had this idea to do a photo shoot while battling cancer. When I first began my career as a model 20 years ago I did… Posted by Mieko Rye on Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Breast Cancer in Singapore

Breast cancer is the no.1 source of cancer for Singaporean women making up 25% of cancer cases.

You can find help and information here in Singapore from a range of places.

  • Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation
  • National Cancer Centre Singapore
  • Singapore Cancer Society

Do read up and take note of the signs.

(Pic courtesy: Mieko Rye’s Facebook page)

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