I Was Diagnosed With Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Nobody Warned Me About The Wednesday.

In October 2023 I was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). This is the whole story — the lump, the biopsy, the word "aggressive," and the ordinary Wednesday afterwards that I still can't shake. I'm Nabeela. Twelve rounds of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, a mastectomy, radiation, and a recovery that is still going. This is episode one. People love to tell sick people they're milking it. So we called the channel that. What I talk about in this one: — finding the lump, and the part of your brain that tells you it's nothing — what "triple negative" actually means, in plain English — why I regret Googling the survival statistics in a hospital lobby — the thing nobody tells you about the weeks after the diagnosis No toxic positivity. Nobody is going to tell you to stay strong. I'm not at the tidy end of this looking back — I'm still inside it, and I'm going to tell you the truth about it every week. If you've just been diagnosed: I'm glad you found this. Stay a while. If you're the caregiver watching at 2am while they sleep: I see you. CHAPTERS 0:00 A random ordinary Wednesday 1:02 October 2023 — finding the lump 3:02 What "triple negative" actually means 4:32 The prognosis, and the statistics I shouldn't have read 6:15 What happened next — the honest version 7:48 Why this channel exists New videos every week. This channel shares lived experience, not medical advice. Please talk to your own care team about your treatment. #dombona (Won't back down) #TripleNegativeBreastCancer #TNBC #BreastCancer #sinaihealth #uhn #princessmargaretcancercentre