I felt hopeless

Abby Shoenfelt, LA | Lymphoma Survivor

I had these bad spots in my mouth that I literally told no one about because I thought it was something I just had to live with. I couldn’t even brush my teeth for a while, it was so painful. I tried to work through my treatment, and as a doctor I felt so terrible that I couldn’t smile or present a friendly face to to my patients because my mouth hurt so bad.

I felt hopeless, it was one of those things that made me feel sorry for myself, and made me pity myself. As a doctor myself, I had never heard of anything that could actually helped (other than numbing agents which never worked for me) so I just “smiled” through the pain. I’m not on chemo anymore but I still get sores every now and then. We need to spread the word about this side effect, and about options available that can help. No one should have to suffer when there are safe and effective options out there.

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