Music helps woman remain calm during mastectomy
The Hindu
Ilaiyaraja’s song from Keladi Kanmani helps her cope with it
A patient, who underwent palliative mastectomy for metastatic breast cancer, listened to music and sang a few lines of one of her favourite Ilaiyaraja songs during the procedure to reduce anxiety.
Seethalakshmi, a trained carnatic singer and a teacher, came to Apollo Proton Cancer Centre a few months ago with an advanced stage of breast cancer which had spread to other parts of the body, particularly lungs. Ms. Seethalakshmi, who had stayed away from allopathic medicine and tried alternative medicine for a few years, was barely able to talk.
Manjula Rao, consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at the hospital, said that chemotherapy and targeted therapy significantly improved her condition. She was able to sing and resume online music classes for her students.
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