Photography cured me.

"There must be two impulses in life, a trip when leaving, and a desperate love." This is a sentence once said by American writer Andy Andrews, which is very suitable for peach sauce.

Taojiang (pseudonym) is a local girl in Chengdu, born on 1978. Her lifelong love of freedom is her impression in most people's hearts. At the age of 35, she quit her job, ran around and finally settled in Dali.

Before shooting, peach sauce carefully played with the shape for her mother.

"We opened a homestay in Dali, and I took photos and cooked when I was fine. Finally, I developed these hobbies into a career and became a professional food photography blogger. I have my own studio until now. " Peach sauce said with emotion that during the years when B&B opened, she met all kinds of people and constantly enriched her heart through communication with guests. "I can always reflect a little shadow of life from other people's stories, and then sum up and absorb it and shine into my own life."

However, fate did not give her a peaceful future. ...

A family of three is traveling with peach sauce.

Is this a misdiagnosis? !

At the age of 43, peach sauce's depression worsened, and she couldn't sleep all night and almost didn't sleep a wink.

"Sleep during that time was all about sleeping pills." In addition, I always felt that my breasts began to have lumps, so Taojiang decided to go back to Chengdu for a physical examination. "I hung up the number of two departments at the same time. As a result, I didn't expect that once the breast was checked, I couldn't get out. " Peach sauce said jokingly.

On the diagnosis book, it says "locally advanced breast cancer" in black and white. Such a result made Taojiang hard to believe for a while. She thinks she is in good health and is exercising all the time. How did she get breast cancer? !

"Our family of three are all cancer patients, and my mother is renal cell carcinoma. It has been 17 years since the treatment. My dad has thyroid cancer and has been operating for more than three years. " Peach sauce says parents are in a particularly good state of mind. After learning that their daughter had breast cancer, they also taught some experiences as "experienced people".

Peach sauce parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

"My first reaction at that time was misdiagnosis, because my breast was painless without any symptoms, but there was a lump. My friend said that it might be breast hyperplasia or something, and I didn't care too much. " Peach sauce recalls that during the period of severe depression, although the weight was very thin, the lump seemed to grow bigger and bigger. "In fact, I also have a bad feeling, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

Because some axillary metastasis has occurred, the treatment of peach sauce is chemotherapy first, and then surgical resection. In this way, after 8 times of chemotherapy and surgery, Taojiang was discharged after nearly one year of treatment.

Peach sauce in photography

The scenery along the way is my motivation.

"Chemotherapy hair loss is the most uncomfortable thing for me." Peach sauce recalls that she is a girl who loves beauty very much, but she is worried that chemotherapy will lead to a lot of hair loss. "I decided to attack ahead of time and shaved my head that day. As a result, I couldn't accept myself in the mirror and cried. "

To this end, Peach Sauce has prepared many beautiful wigs and hats, and tidies itself up beautifully every day. "Even at home, my parents didn't see me sloppy. I will put on makeup before they get up and remove makeup after they sleep. " Peach sauce said with a smile, "but now I don't care about this at all with my parents. Maybe I have a thick skin." Even though the process of chemotherapy is painful, there is always a reason to insist on peach sauce.

The Erhai Lake in Dali under the lens of peach sauce

"I like traveling very much, especially the scenery along the way, which always heals me." She set one small goal after another for her body and mind: every time she completes a chemotherapy cycle, she will travel. A week before the operation, she also drove to western Sichuan.

I still remember that some time after the operation, peach sauce returned to Dali, and suddenly I felt unwell. I immediately called my brother, asked him to fly from Chengdu to Dali, and then drove her back for inspection.

"Because I just finished surgery not long ago, I can't fly." Peach sauce explained that I was a little worried on the way back, but I happened to encounter heavy snow on Yaxi Expressway. "Seeing such a beautiful snow scene, my mood was cured in an instant. I took a lot of photos in the car and my previous concerns disappeared. " Fortunately, the final inspection results are normal.

Snow scene of Yaxi Expressway shot in peach sauce

Travel together and spend the rest of your life here.

Because he lives in Dali all the year round, Taojiang has little contact with his family. After this illness, she also enjoyed family happiness with her parents.

It is precisely because of parents' cheerful personality and optimistic attitude that Peach Sauce often takes them around the world. "Their parents are neither picky about food nor about accommodation, so traveling together is very worry-free. Youth hostels have also lived, high-end hotels have lived, and they have never complained. " Peach sauce revealed that unlike their peers, parents dare not eat this and that. They dare to try different foods, have a good appetite and are naturally the best travel companions.

But in fact, I have been to so many cities and seen all the mountains and rivers in the world, but I still can't stand peach sauce. "This may be my parents inherited my attitude towards life. After cancer treatment at such an age, both of them are optimistic and trying to live. I also hope that I can have a good life every day, and I will play one day if I live one day. "

No one's life can be copied.

"Go further and meet more people." Speaking of the future, peach sauce gives such an answer.

She hopes that she can continue to be a blogger of food photography, and she can also continue to live in Dali, having nothing to bask in the sun, visiting the ancient city and blowing the wind of Erhai Lake. "I hope life can get back on track." Peach sauce said.

"I may be different from other cancer patients. Because of my love for food, there are basically no taboos during treatment. I can eat whatever I want. I think we should be happy after living for so many decades. Everything that can be done for this disease has been done, and the rest is to enjoy life. " Peach sauce revealed that he even drank a cup of coffee at any time during chemotherapy and ate red meat that everyone called taboo.

Because everyone is independent and everyone's situation is different, Taojiang doesn't like to share some details of his illness with patients. "I think everyone should first believe in modern medicine, learn to manage their emotions, exercise moderately in life, eat a balanced diet, and completely treat cancer as a chronic disease, so don't have such a big psychological burden." Peach sauce said.

Because of love, it is hot. The day after the interview, Taojiang will also leave for Dali and return to the right track of life. "I don't know how long I can live, but the results of the current review are still very ideal. So hurry up and do more things you want to do. It feels good to be alive and live the life you want. "