Interview with Mifuru, a breast cancer survivor
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When you actively participated in cancer treatment, what was the “point in time”?
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I realized there was an end to my life. I seriously faced “death” at the end of my life. Of course, I’m not entirely unaware of “death.” Still, before my breast cancer diagnosis, I had never thought about dying in my life.
When I was diagnosed with cancer and, after a while, calmed down and faced my own “death,” I began to think that I had to take good care of each day.
You have a cheerful personality, so I think you thought positively. Was that the case?
When I was depressed, I was just depressed. There were days when the ups and downs were intense, or I was anxious about treating breast cancer and crying from morning till night.
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, there was a time when I was mentally unstable.
Did you “face” or “overcome” the anxiety and negative feelings that arose when you were diagnosed with “cancer”?
I faced breast cancer.
What I tried was that I didn’t put up with my cancer or that I tried to be stress-free. It was necessary to be honest with your feelings, such as crying when you want to cry, laughing when you laugh, and enjoying human nature.
Anyway, I played a lot, fell in love, cried, got angry, and enjoyed the natural emotions as a person. Until I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was often influenced by the opinions of those around me. I didn’t understand what I wanted to do at that time, probably because I didn’t take the time to think so seriously.
Just go to a party, meet a nice person, marry that nice person, and if you get married, you will indeed have your own time, so after that, when you have time, I wish I could do what I wanted to do.
However, after being diagnosed with cancer, I suddenly rushed to say, “If you don’t do what you want to do right away, you may die! No way!” (Laughs).
But now I have thought about it and found out.
If you get the disease called cancer, you may certainly be more likely to die than someone who does not have cancer.
Still, there is no guarantee that you will be alive tomorrow.
It’s not just for me, it’s for everyone.
With that in mind, I decided to face cancer and take care of my time so that I can cherish it.