Abstract

GALVIS LOPEZ, Milena Alexandra. "I am a surviving". Experiences and meanings for a woman with oncological pathology subjected to mastectomy. Index Enferm [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.1-2, pp.74-78.  Epub Dec 09, 2019. ISSN 1699-5988.

The aim of choosing this theme to this informant, has been known words of the own protagonist, how is the experience of life to be diagnosed with cancer and as a mastectomy faces, know the experience of reconciliation with his body and accepted It enriches the dimension of being a woman. Soledad tells its story describing aspects as the perception of death face a diagnosis of cancer, the development of the disease, treatments and the consequences of this on your body, your involvement coping strategies that help you in your process and his family as the main motivation, which became their support network, is a story that filled with hope, a woman fighter like many, facing your situation of disease with strength and courage, an example so that many like her can say "I am a surviving".

Keywords : Cancer; Mastectomy; Woman; Corporatily; Coping.