Cancer Survivor Chhavi Mittal Shares New Diagnosis: "This Too Shall Pass"

"I have pain while breathing, using my hand, or arm, or lying down, or sitting, or laughing or pretty much everything," said the actress

Cancer survivor Chhavi Mittal has shared a health update on Instagram. Chhavi revealed that she has been diagnosed with Costochondritis. The actress added, “It's an injury to the cartilage in the chest.  The probable cause could be radiation (cancer treatment) or a side effect of the injection I took for osteopenia (a condition with low BMD [Bone Mineral Density]) or it could be incessant cough (which I had a few days back) or a combination of one or more or all.” As per the National Library Of Medicine, Costochondritis is an inflammation of the costal cartilage that connects the ribs to the sternum (breast bone). 

Chhavi Mittal, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, added that she has been facing trouble in doing “pretty much everything.” Along with a mirror selfie picture clicked inside a gym, she wrote, “Naya wali beemari layi hoon market mein [I am here with a new disease]. It's called costochondritis. Fancy no? (It's an injury to a cartilage in the chest) The probable cause could be radiation (cancer treatment) or a side effect of the injection I took for osteopenia (a condition with low BMD) or it could be an incessant cough (which I had a few days back) or a combination of one or more or all. I have pain while breathing, using my hand, or arm, or lying down, or sitting, or laughing or pretty much everything. No, I'm not always positive about it, but I'm rarely negative. So, holding my chest in my hand, I went to the gym (my happiest place) because you know what? We all get knocked down, but do we get up again? Well, I do! For anyone who needs to hear this...I know ur suffering in some way or the other.. but ur not alone! And, this too shall pass.”