Television actress Chhavi Mittal has become an advocate for breast cancer survivors after she was diagnosed with one last year. The actress is still undergoing treatment and despite her arduous journey, Chhavi never shied away from getting candid about her struggles giving hope to many others. Now, Chhavi opened up about having hormonal changes and other side effects of the treatment.
Taking to her Instagram handle on July 26, 2023, Chhavi Mittal is undergoing breast cancer treatment, shared a picture of herself and penned a long note, talking about certain hormonal changes she is currently having.
In the picture, Chhavi wore a green off-shoulder bikini teamed with braided hairdo and simple makeup. Along with it, she penned a long caption and talked about certain hormonal changes she is currently having.
Mentioning how her breast cancer treatment put her at risk of having spinal fractures, she penned: "The breast cancer led to the treatment, a major part of which is tamoxifen which I have to take everyday for 10 yrs (9 more to go). The tamoxifen leads to hormonal changes and what not, which is causing Bone Mineral Density loss. The BMD loss is causing un-called-for fractures (like the one I had in my foot) and also positioning me as an Osteopenia patient, putting me at a high risk for spinal fractures."
She also revealed that administration of an injection has a plethora of side effects. She mentioned how her body completely degenerated post getting administered with the injection, and she had to take more medicines to settle the side effects. Chhavi continued: "The treatment for this is an injection administered intravenously (which I took 2 days back in a hospital), and that injection has a plethora of side effects. Yesterday my entire chest, back, shoulders, neck went in a spasm. I cdnt even breathe without wincing in pain. I thought I was dying and this is how it feels when the body degenerates. Then I took meds to settle those side effects. Currently I also feel tightness in my chest and my joints feel like they’ll all break. This is what is called a butterfly effect."
Chhavi, who has put up a brave front through the entire process, has not lost hope and she has come out stronger for every cancer survivor. She mentioned how she would keep on fighting the deadliest disease and tried a bit to inspire other survivors.
Chhavi concluded: "But what choice do I have? Once a cancer survivor, always a cancer survivor. There’s no undoing it. My heart goes out to ALL survivors out there who have gone through similar things and more and continue to fight living their lives on a daily basis. All I can say is, today may not be a good day, but tomorrow will be better. Of that I’m sure."
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