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Health care professionals working with breast cancer patients post diagnosis
Are there any health care professionals who worked with breast cancer patients prior to their own diagnosis, who continued working with them post treatment? How did you cope? After 20 years of wor...
Hi @bsally816 - welcome to the forum!! Ask away any questions - there will always be someone to throw up an answer and/or suggestions!
What area of healthcare do you work in?
After having your own BC treatment - I would imagine it would be quite difficult to separate yourself from your patients' experiences - but I am sure that many work thru the issues (like @JoeyLiz)
to be effective and very empathetic in treating others at this most important time of their lives.
You might like to read Liz O'Riodan's Breast Cancer story - she is/was a UK BC surgeon - and has only recently decided not to continue operating for a variety of reasons.
http://liz.oriordan.co.uk/
take care, be kind to yourself & all the best for your own treatment xxxx
What area of healthcare do you work in?
After having your own BC treatment - I would imagine it would be quite difficult to separate yourself from your patients' experiences - but I am sure that many work thru the issues (like @JoeyLiz)
to be effective and very empathetic in treating others at this most important time of their lives.
You might like to read Liz O'Riodan's Breast Cancer story - she is/was a UK BC surgeon - and has only recently decided not to continue operating for a variety of reasons.
http://liz.oriordan.co.uk/
take care, be kind to yourself & all the best for your own treatment xxxx