Breast cancer found in woman after fooling around during sex
Alyssa Dyal and Sumit Kashyap, both from Boston, were fooling around in bed together when Kashyap suddenly felt something and pulled away.
He had noticed a lump in Dyal's breast and pointed it out to her. She had seen the lump before and had just brushed it off as a benign cyst, something which runs in her family.
But Kashyap, whom Dyal, 24, had been dating for two months after meeting online, was insistent that she see a doctor.
“He was like, ‘You need to get that checked out. That could be a problem,’” Dyal told Fox News.
“I was surprised he noticed, and I was surprised at the amount of concern in his voice.”
She was a full time grad student and hadn't bothered seeing a doctor about the cysts before, but decided to after seeing how worried Kyashap was.
A week later she received news she could never have prepared for; Dyal had stage four mestastic cancer.
"I have breast cancer," Dyal wrote on Instagram at the time, along with a photo of herself in tears.
"Right now, I don't know what to say or what to do. I'm just so scared. More than I ever have been in my life."
But despite the devastating diagnosis Dyal has tried to stay positive, sharing her experience on her Instagram account @imkickingcancersbutt.
Posting photos of the procedures and medical experiences she's going through, as well as more hopeful shots of her with friends and family, Dyal is taking her diagnosis in stride and working to fight her cancer.
Currently undergoing treatment, Dyal revealed that the cancer has moved to other parts of her body, and while there is no cure, she is undergoing treatment.
However one obstacle she's been struggling with is that of insurance, Dyal frustrated with what treatments are and are not covered.
She had to undergo a mastectomy and breast reconstruction to remove the cancerous tumour, which her insurance covered, but fertility treatments to ensure she will be able to have children after chemotherapy and radiation are not covered.
"So you mean to tell me that insurance will cover new boobs but NOT my ability to have children?!" she fumed on Instagram.
"Boobs are not nearly as important as the ability to choose whether or not I want to have kids."
