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Hello everyone, I'm new here, very new, I was diagnosed with Brest Cancer on the 14th Dec 2022, one day before I turned 50, great birthday gift huh? Thank you for the ladies who responded to me, ...
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Hi @Maree72,
I am sorry you had that experience. Unfortunately many of us can sympathise with you regarding comments from family or friends. I had several comments made to me from so called friends. I actually wrote them down as i was stunned by them. Hope you get a laugh from how stupid these comments are. Here's a few of them:
# 'Are you better yet, get on with it!' (said after round 2 with 11 rounds if chemo to go, plus radium to go)
# 'Can't wait to see your bald head' ( said to me when diagnosed)
# 'Show us your head' ( said after I shaved it and to someone I had explained the sensitivity of the hair loss)
# 'I have seen lots of bald and shaved heads so it's ok to show me' (no! It isn't about what you are comfortable with, it's about me a new what I want).
# ' You will need to get you acceptance at the right time' (inferring death and me accepting it. This was said when a friend visited me after I told them of my diagnosis - I had advised them the positive outcome expected from treatment but they went to the worse case)
# 'You really can't tell the difference in your boobs, I know because I have been looking and I can't tell. Maybe it is your bra.'
# ' I take away your shit and bring it into me because I can take it and send back instead golden healing light' (I know they believe they are on a path of enlightenment and seem to think they can heal me).
I am sorry you had that experience. Unfortunately many of us can sympathise with you regarding comments from family or friends. I had several comments made to me from so called friends. I actually wrote them down as i was stunned by them. Hope you get a laugh from how stupid these comments are. Here's a few of them:
# 'Are you better yet, get on with it!' (said after round 2 with 11 rounds if chemo to go, plus radium to go)
# 'Can't wait to see your bald head' ( said to me when diagnosed)
# 'Show us your head' ( said after I shaved it and to someone I had explained the sensitivity of the hair loss)
# 'I have seen lots of bald and shaved heads so it's ok to show me' (no! It isn't about what you are comfortable with, it's about me a new what I want).
# ' You will need to get you acceptance at the right time' (inferring death and me accepting it. This was said when a friend visited me after I told them of my diagnosis - I had advised them the positive outcome expected from treatment but they went to the worse case)
# 'You really can't tell the difference in your boobs, I know because I have been looking and I can't tell. Maybe it is your bra.'
# ' I take away your shit and bring it into me because I can take it and send back instead golden healing light' (I know they believe they are on a path of enlightenment and seem to think they can heal me).