‘The fright from the cancer diagnosis is still quite unbearable’: Trinidadian attorney Gemma Thomas-Ahyase
Trinidadian attorney Gemma Thomas-Ahayse says she has been forced into semi-retirement after her most recent breast cancer diagnosis, stating that “the fright from the cancer diagnosis is still quite unbearable.” “My last PET scan showed a significant reduction of cancer in my breast, lymph nodes, and lumbar vertebra to which it had spread,” Thomas-Ahyase, a Canarsie, Brooklyn resident, who practiced law for several years, told Caribbean Life on Sunday. According to the Cleveland Clinic, positron emission tomography (PET) scans detect early signs of cancer, heart disease, and brain conditions. The clinic says PET involves an injection of a safe radioactive tracer that helps detect diseased cells. “This very encouraging news has boosted my confidence, but the fright from the cancer diagnosis is still quite unbearable,” said Thomas-Ahyase, disclosing that her recent cancer diagnosis came in the middle of her doctoral studies in business administration. She said she had written a...