Mastectomy and Chemotherapy
I had my mastectomy on June 1 2011. I had to wait six weeks from being told I would need to have my breast removed to the operation. It felt like an eternity but it was probably a good amount of tim...
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Hi Jayne
Friends and family members disappearing off the face of the earth when I got my diagnosis happened to me too. No calls, no cards. Just left me and hubby to it and didn't turn up again until my treatment finished. I cried buckets and still do. But intellectually, I know why they did it. To use a phrase I love from another post - it scared them out of their tree - and they probably were thankful it was me instead of them with the cancer. That's human nature, I guess. It has nothing to do with us, it was the cancer they were running away from.
And those that weren't scared of the cancer but just weren't as good friends/relatives as I thought, so be it - and good bye.
I hope that your diagnosis of breast cancer has solidified friendships and relationships with those that did stick around for you and that you found good new friendships with others. I did and now treasure those people.
Helen.