![]() ![]() Lorde also weighed the possibilities of chemotherapy and radiation, but felt strongly that those were “in and of themselves carcinogenic.” Though she notes that experimental therapies were an option, they were unproven at the time. She writes, “…I had to examine carefully the pros and cons of every possibility while being constantly and acutely aware that so much was still not known.” She considered many different options regarding treatment, including diet, vitamin therapy, experimental immunotherapies and others before deciding that surgery was the most appropriate choice. She describes the hectic days between the biopsy that revealed a malignant tumor and her mastectomy surgery. The way she recounts her anxieties and internal conflicts about the operation are very detailed. Most of the journal entries were written before the operation.Ī substantial portion of Lorde’s writings deals with her struggle to come to terms with the loss of her right breast. Lorde wrote the essay portions of the book after her mastectomy surgery. At the time “The Cancer Journals” was published in 1980, she was 46 years old. ![]() She was a lesbian and a self-described black woman warrior poet. Audre Lorde was an accomplished poet and activist during her lifetime. ![]()
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