Lindsay Norris' Letter to Patients - "Sorry, I didn't get it"
Empathy statement from an oncology nurse turned patient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIXLcxnFqns&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2ju2mYXgmMlEN8YruUaiBGEJ7wPEofV1SpLu4NfWKsZPFCef6Yl7wr4Gs
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Dear @Patti J
I don't get what it is like to have Stage 4 cancer.
When I was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer, I cried that night, thinking about my brother who passed 10 years earlier, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 and given under a year to live.
I cried because I "didn't get it".
I didn't get it how scared and isolated he would have felt.
I didn't get the pure fear of knowing he would be leaving his wife and 2 adult children without him in their lives.
I cried because I felt isolated with a Stage 3 diagnosis, and how much more isolated did my brother feel at the time, I didn't get it!
I miss him every day. He put on a brave face, and now I am sure he did that for his family, parents and siblings.
Patti, you are most welcome to keep saying what you want to say here :)
Because truly, we like to say we all "get it" here, but truly we don't. Just like the nurse, we only have a little insight if we are not Stage 4.
Sometimes the cards we are given are just too "shitty" for words.
Please keep posting. :)
I don't get what it is like to have Stage 4 cancer.
When I was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer, I cried that night, thinking about my brother who passed 10 years earlier, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 and given under a year to live.
I cried because I "didn't get it".
I didn't get it how scared and isolated he would have felt.
I didn't get the pure fear of knowing he would be leaving his wife and 2 adult children without him in their lives.
I cried because I felt isolated with a Stage 3 diagnosis, and how much more isolated did my brother feel at the time, I didn't get it!
I miss him every day. He put on a brave face, and now I am sure he did that for his family, parents and siblings.
Patti, you are most welcome to keep saying what you want to say here :)
Because truly, we like to say we all "get it" here, but truly we don't. Just like the nurse, we only have a little insight if we are not Stage 4.
Sometimes the cards we are given are just too "shitty" for words.
Please keep posting. :)