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PatsyN
8 years agoMember
I'm still bald and have been mistaken for a buddhist nun, a circus performer and a radical lesbian - depends what I'm wearing.
I've had many catastophe's where well meaning friends say the wrong thing.
Everyone says how well I look and inside I die a little death everytime I hear those words.
Lots of people feel uncomfortable with cancer and will just blurt out anything, like my panelbeater the other day.
Trying to express his sorrow at my situation, he started on about how dreadful it must be for young girls to lose such an important part of their sexual identity. I tried my best to distract him from the topic but didn't feel at all affronted by his ramblings - he meant well.
The worst thing I ever heard from someone was when I had a newborn baby in the NICU at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. "At least you've got 2 healthy children to go home to"!
I've had many catastophe's where well meaning friends say the wrong thing.
Everyone says how well I look and inside I die a little death everytime I hear those words.
Lots of people feel uncomfortable with cancer and will just blurt out anything, like my panelbeater the other day.
Trying to express his sorrow at my situation, he started on about how dreadful it must be for young girls to lose such an important part of their sexual identity. I tried my best to distract him from the topic but didn't feel at all affronted by his ramblings - he meant well.
The worst thing I ever heard from someone was when I had a newborn baby in the NICU at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. "At least you've got 2 healthy children to go home to"!