Suddenly without symptoms or introductions, she
discovered she had breast cancer, she did not cry,
did not become depressed, but was filled with the
spirit of satisfaction and hope, and commended God
because what hit her was not worse than what hit
others. It is Syrian Reem, the artist who visited
Algeria to participate in the miniatures and
decorations festival which held its activities in
the city of Tlemcen. "Jawaher Ashurooq" met Reem,
the perfect mother, the good wife and artist
glittering in the art of miniatures, and was this
dialogue that comes to coincide with the pink month
to the fight against breast cancer.
- How did your relationship with miniatures begin?
I adore drawing nature; I used to draw Damascene
houses and nature. I never turned academically for
this art, but I studied French literature and I
stayed at home for a full-time to raise my three
children, and cut off my relationship drawing but
when my 20 years in Jordan brought nostalgia and I
began to reach for my drawing pencil, which is
attracted to little things. So I drew Jerusalem with
a section of decoration, and I remember hearing on
TV that women must monitor their talents and develop
them, so I decided to nurture my talent in the art
of miniatures, this period was when I discovered I
had breast cancer.
- You said you embraced this art for a particular
type of miniatures that depends on flowers and
birds?
Yes, I had paintings that led me to this framework,
roses are stand-alone art in miniatures, where I
knew from my art teacher that this art needs about a
year to master, however I still feel I need to learn
a lot.
- How did you find out about your breast cancer?
I did not suffer any symptoms. I was visiting my
sister in USA, and since it is a doctor offered to
conduct tests and rays because my mother and my aunt
and her three daughters developed breast cancer,
which means it is a genetic disease and should
conduct periodic tests, and noted that my sister
assured mom result of its examination because she
underwent chemotherapy and ended the stages of
treatment, where reassure them that everything's
okay, but they did not tell us the outcome of my
examination and x-own Vhkkt of it, and after my
return to Amman I called my sister and said that the
re-examination in Jordan because X-rays are not
clear, I went to the Amman hospital and prepared
examination Vobulgona I do not have a thing, and two
years later was my daughter has reached the fourth
year of medical school, and became known idioms,
medical terminology, and the severity of its
keenness Ali, had kept pictures of radiology and
medical report accompanying you typed my sister, and
returned read the report and discovered that I
suffer from calcifications are turning to cancer so
it should be Mracpti accurately and regularly, Fagin
crazy and insisted that I go with her to the Cancer
Center in Jordan for a new rays and took with it the
first report, and after all tests were told the
doctor that I do not have a something, but my
daughter was not convinced by the result, Vokhztna
to the King Hussein Cancer Center and prepared all
the rays, and they took a biopsy of breast cancer
and found it.
- How do you receive the news you have cancer?
In that period came and my mother from America and I
went with them from Amman to Syria, and I stayed
with them there 5 days and I was waiting for the
result without Tell my mother, I called with Dr.
said to me Leave it until you return to Jordan,
Vosrrt to see the result no matter what, Vokhbertna
I had cancer , however I did not feel fear for
myself, but eased to build up with the news when
they reach them.
- How was the reaction of your family when you knew
I was cancer?
I called my husband from Syria and told him the
outcome, and my daughter was heard from the second
handset began to cry, the second day I went back to
Jordan and began treatment stage and tests and I
could hear the doctors and they say in English, "has
a history of" any disease on the basis that my
mother and my aunt and her three daughters developed
cancer and all of them healed with chemotherapy only
one of the daughters of my aunt, which refused to
accept the disease and undergo chemotherapy and
entered into a state of depression that her
condition deteriorated and she died.
- Tell us about your suffering with treatment
Alkamiaia?
Chemotherapy lot of side effects that intensity and
severity of the person vary to another, and between
the common effects, vomiting and sensitivity,
chronic fatigue and distress in the chest and a dry
mouth and fever and blisters in the mouth because of
HIV, the bad and the psychological and hair loss in
addition to wasting, where it lost 9 Cleogramat of
my weight, but I have retrieved after it healed.
- How did you cope with this disease?
Since I love painting, and I have a great free time
because of not being able to accomplish a lot of
household chores, I decided to spend my time
drawing, and in this period, you may skip
chemotherapy phase of treatment, which lasted three
months, and began radiation therapy, and what
distinguishes this treatment which is much easier
than chemotherapy that cause insomnia, so I spent a
night and diurnal in the drawing, has brought in a
school in the Persian art to teach me miniatures in
the House, something that helped me to overcome this
ordeal addition to that my spirits were high, and I
was in the case of of psychological comfort
unrivaled.
- What would you recommend women with breast cancer,
or any other type of cancer ?
I advise every woman with breast cancer or other
that accepts the decree of God and worth, and it has
to satisfy itself that everything happen to us today
Sngena its achievement tomorrow, God Almighty does
not Eptlina only because he hid us something nice
boasts by ourselves and recognized by our eyes, and
sometimes we hear talk silly of So and so people say
that a good human being, why get sick? This
statement should not pay attention to his cancer,
and only hit by frustration, God Almighty is not
darkness of slaves, and the calamities that befell
happen to us except God knows the wisdom of it, I
am, for example, strengthened my relationship with
art, if not the sickest I would not be stayed up
nights and completed my paintings, On social level
has been strengthened relationship with my husband
because he felt as if he Sevkdna is a wake-up call
for him, and I am encouraged to become more graphic
than ever before.
And on women with breast cancer or else that occupy
their time things Ihbpinha, or hobbies Evdilnha, and
very necessary that they are convinced that cancer,
like many diseases, but it needs to be a period of
treatment and follow-up, and then ends the suffering
and back hair to grow again, and return everything
to its place, I remember when my hair loss due to
chemotherapy did not feel sad, but put the same
energy meanders on my head and all of it saw me
dressed liked a formality, and there are those who
have become relative of mine from Astamlnha
following the example of me.
Al-Shoroq Magazine
