Chhavi Mittal urges people not to call cancer survivors 'bechara'

Actor Chhavi Mittal on Sunday completed three months since her breast cancer surgery happened in April Taking to Instagram Chhavi penned a lengthy note in which she talked about being positive throughout her journeyToday my heart beats fast as I complete 3 months since the breast cancer surgery Extremely happy with the progress Ive made and patting my back for the positivity I continue to maintain But mostly proud of the various things Ive learnt about cancer first hand and through the experience of my other fellow cancer brothers and sisters Some of those facts are that a lot of times its curable the treatment however slow does have light at the end of the tunnel chemo and radiation might affect your hair but they dont have to affect your spirits And most importantly your disease may not be in your control but you can definitely control how the recovery pans out she wroteAlso Read Chhavi Mittal lauded for flaunting her cancer scar says shes a proud survivorChhavi also spoke about how one should not use the term bechara for cancer patients Ive seen so many cancer patients heading to work straight after chemo I did that everyday after radiation and I want to say that I havent heard many patients talk about the positive experiences but have heard so many care givers use words like bechara for cancer patients Please dont do that Theyre far from becharas and are in fact strength personifiedI still have a long way to go before Im a 10037 but Im sharing my everyday recovery journey so at least some of the preconceived notions around cancer can be changedAnd for all those cancer diagnosed patients who DM me Im scared go and watch my journey since I was diagnosed and I hope it makes you as fearless as me she addedA few days ago Chhavi slammed netizens who criticised her for making her breasts visible in pictures especially after the surgeryHere are 2 pictures which I shared on social media The first one is my breast cancer announcement post while the second is documenting my postcancer recovery and progress In both pictures Im wearing the exact same clothes In both pictures my breasts are a tad bit visible In fact in the first one Ive taken my Tshirt off she wroteWhile the cancer announcement post may have more of my breasts on display emotional as I was am about cancer trying to fight the fear of what lay ahead whether Ill ever be the same again or will I lead a life of compromise it incited a lot of love and applaud from netizens with no mention and rightly so of the cleavage she continued to explainAlso Read Chhavi Mittal celebrates anniversary with husband Mohit Hussein See photoChhavi also said that she will continue to share her victory without being bothered She said that while her pictures made her look courageous to others the next picture attracted negativity The second picture invited hate comments saying Sab kuch share nahi karna chahiye You should not share everything This is not dignified Dont know what shes trying to be etcLet me tell you dear women Firstly this is double standardsSecondly the association that I have with my breasts is beyond explanation I have fought a very hard battle to save them to keep them strong to make sure they function the way they should and to ensure that theyre cancer free forever While the forever struggle will last forever I will continue to document my victories like I always have unabashedly If anything Im so damn proud of my body not because of the way it looks but because of the strength it has shown me Because of what it allows me to do And even more proud of my breasts because only I know what theyve endured and its no mean feat to not just be survivors but fighters all the way But for the ones who can only hear sob stories and underdog stories let me remind you this page is not for the fainthearted she concludedChhavi was diagnosed with early stages of breast cancer earlier this yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever