Newly diagnosed mother
Hi everyone, My mother has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. We are only in the early stages. They have found the cancer in her lymph nodes under her arm and currently can not find the primary...
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I understand what you are saying about the positive comment but if I don't be positive and come across that she will beat cancer, she will plainly refuse treatmeant and be completely negative. I know what she is like. As soon as we talk about something positive and that she has achieved "a small step" something clicks in her brain and a little positivity comes out. I will keep using the positive card with Mum because I know it's working and I don't really want to loose my mum over cancer because she negative about how everything will plan out.
I haven't been there and I don't understand the way she is feeling. Of course it would be scary, depressing and overwhelming. I take my hat off to all you brave women who are undergoing or have gone through cancer. I just feel that what I am doing is being productive and is working. Yesterday she plainly refused the biopsy and after chatting and being positive about the situation and explaining that they have found the primary cancer is a next step. She now is egar to get the biopsy and move to the next step.
I keep reminding her small steps, one step at a time :)
I haven't been there and I don't understand the way she is feeling. Of course it would be scary, depressing and overwhelming. I take my hat off to all you brave women who are undergoing or have gone through cancer. I just feel that what I am doing is being productive and is working. Yesterday she plainly refused the biopsy and after chatting and being positive about the situation and explaining that they have found the primary cancer is a next step. She now is egar to get the biopsy and move to the next step.
I keep reminding her small steps, one step at a time :)