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How I Survived Breast Cancer
The officially acclaimed Breast Cancer Awareness Month of October seesMasterminds Corps meet with cancer survivor Nathalie Boueri
In 2012directly after a difficult divorce Nathalie Boueriwas diagnosed with cancer. She was 36 and the General Manager of Watermaster, a company that employs 115 people. It was something really unexpected, she says.
For three years Mrs. Boueri underwent hormoneand radiotherapy yet managed to avoid being prescribed chemotherapy. I was looking forward to reaching the fifth year, she says, since the doctors would have considered me cancer free by then.
But a routine check in 2015 changed this when it revealed new cancer cells in the lymph nodes under her arms. This time she had to have her breast wasremoved, and a prosthesis inserted in its place.Chemotherapy was now necessary and was administered over a five-month period, along with a two-month period ofradiotherapy. If this wasn\Zt enough, she became infected withthestaphylococcus bacteria and had to return to surgery to remove theprosthesis. Three years on and despite still being in hormonotherapy, Mrs. Boueri is now cancer free.
Cancer changed me, she says, mentioning how being diagnosedhelpedher select and sort out what is important andto prioritize. Prior to my diagnosis, my focus was on everything except myself. But once diagnosed, I focused on me. It was a war.I had to win it, she says.
IT WAS A WAR, I HAD TO WIN IT
Today, she is helpingothers to fight back. Now the President of Rotary Sahel Metn, she is fundraising to create a recreational area in theOncological Unit at St Georges Hospital in Getawi, Beirut. It\Zs important that breast cancer patients have a relaxing and well-equipped room in which to take their mind of what they are going through, she says
Mrs. Bouerispeaks about applying the cancer survival tools to the economic crises that Lebanon is going through. The thing is I learned the hard way. Once I was sick, I reacted. We can adopt preventative measures before getting to a point where there is a problem in cancer or problems in your business.
Do what you have to do to survive your business. Hang on. From now till end of the year things are going to change. Survive, she says, adding that what\Zs important is to live happily and peacefully. Do everything with passion and with love, no matter what it is - work or with family or having fun to the fullest.