Zoleka Mandela, a writer and activist, is terrified after learning that her cancer battle is far from over.
She detailed on her Instagram account how she had been suffering from excruciating pain in her left rib for more than a month. She stated that she decided to see her doctor, who diagnosed her with Bone metastasis. Cancer cells spread from their original site to the bone in this condition.
“I’ve had a sore back for more than a month now, and recently consulted with my GP when I could no longer tolerate the excruciating pain in my left rib. I went for an x-ray of my chest and rib a few days ago – I have a pathological fracture and swelling caused by cancer,” Zoleka wrote.
She continued “My Medical Oncologist has scheduled me for a CT scan and bone scan, to determine whether I have cancer in the remaining parts of my body. From what she’s told me, cancer in the bones cannot be eradicated nor can it be cured. I have Bone Metastasis. I’ve just had my CT scan and am awaiting my results.”
Zoleka said she is worried about how she would inform her children that her cancer has returned. “I don’t even have the words to articulate my thoughts and feelings, the words to describe how scared I am right now. What do I tell my children? How do I tell them that this time around, I may not get to live my life as a survivor? How do I tell them everything will be okay when it’s not? I’m dying … I don’t want to die,” she wrote.
She also penned an emotional letter to herself.
“Dear younger me, someday you are going to stop being afraid of who you are. You’re going to claim yourself with all the fierce tenderness you are hoping so desperately to receive from others. You’ll accept your own limitations, and then you’ll leap over them. And when you stop to look around, you’ll realize that the people and opportunities surrounding you are everything you never knew you always wanted. I’ll be here waiting for you.” – Nanea Hoffman. 🧡🤎🧡 #ZolekaMandela.”
Fans have been sending her love and light during this difficult time.
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