When laughter is the best medicine
Today I reconnected with an old friend after she posted on Facebook about her breast cancer survival. While we were chatting she said: ‘I’d be happy to give you a couple of pointers’ To which...
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My son has autism spectrum disorder, and is very literal/logical. When I had to had my second DX, requiring a mastectomy, he was 13. I was very careful how much info to give and how to explain it as he suffers chronic anxiety also. Around that time, as us women often do, I had been talking about losing some weight. My gorgeous boy rationalised the situation as best he could based on weight: weight before surgery VS after. In reassuring tones he said to me (about the MX) "don't worry mum - at least you'll weigh less!"