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Childlessness and Breast Cancer diagnosis
Hello, I wish to post this article as awareness to members of BCNA who happen to find themselves with a diagnosis and are childless. We as a demographic are more likely to end up with a diagnosis tha...
Thanks, @"Janet A" - how true is all that ?
Hopefully some people who are totally unaware of how their words affect childless people (yes, people, both men and women) will read the article and rethink what they say and how they act towards childless people.
We had a male friend, from a family of 10 children, who really wanted a large family, fell in love and married the woman of his dreams - until it was found children were not forthcoming. Problem ? Him.
So they went the whole IVF route at great cost but still no babies happened. Problem ? She had been molested as a child and her body was not able to carry through with the task.
As his family were merrily reproducing he went into a spiral and suicided.
She then became a BC statistic and battled on - all alone. No-one offered any help, saying she was financially secure and could pay for any help ! This, the lady who had babysat at any time for however long to help his family through their tough times.
She lives on but grieves every day, not just for him, but for the children they could never have.
Hopefully some people who are totally unaware of how their words affect childless people (yes, people, both men and women) will read the article and rethink what they say and how they act towards childless people.
We had a male friend, from a family of 10 children, who really wanted a large family, fell in love and married the woman of his dreams - until it was found children were not forthcoming. Problem ? Him.
So they went the whole IVF route at great cost but still no babies happened. Problem ? She had been molested as a child and her body was not able to carry through with the task.
As his family were merrily reproducing he went into a spiral and suicided.
She then became a BC statistic and battled on - all alone. No-one offered any help, saying she was financially secure and could pay for any help ! This, the lady who had babysat at any time for however long to help his family through their tough times.
She lives on but grieves every day, not just for him, but for the children they could never have.