The advancements in the medical science have made it possible for the doctors and surgeons to save innocent lives from deadly cancer. But do you know that the women who have been saved from cancer in their earlier periods of life have suffered severe consequences?

Women, who are undergoing chemotherapy surgeries, are at higher risk of getting their reproductive system damaged. They have to plan their dates. Nicole Vazquez, who is one of those women who survived breast cancer in their earlier age, is struggling hard to cop up with her sex life.

While sharing her experience of having chemotherapy, Nicole Vazquez said,” I had a medi-port sticking out of my chest that I had to cover up… I didn’t have a boyfriend and now I would be bald. And after the chemo, I really looked sick. Self-image is a really big deal”.

She shared that soon after going through the chemotherapy she turned depressed and lost her self confidence. There is no doubt that breast cancer treatments have helped many women to live longer. But one also has to believe that the treatment does come with side effects or reactions.

Those women who go for breast cancer treatment before crossing 50 has to deal with a changed life style. Changes in life like, weight gain, reduced physical activity and psychological stress are some of the issues which a woman has to face.

According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer has become most common form of cancer among women, which causes death to a large number of women all over the world. It is hoped that with the passage of time, improvement in the breast cancer treatment would be made so that the negative aftermath of the treatment could be reduced.