Is that right? Did you really say that?

Bon Bon said:

Ha ha I am amazed at how many people tell me all about a friend or relative that had BC then go on to but she died 
oh and I made I toddler scream and run to his mummy when I went turbenless in the supermarket

Yes I've had many stories like that and I always think why would you tell someone that if you know there being treated for breast cancer.

Some of these mothers don’t deserve us!

@Tilly45
 My own mother's response was have you got a funeral fund!!!!!  like OMG hello 
I am 5 years out with NED and she still tells people this is my daughter with BC ... I just shake my head 

People just don’t get it! Those types of comments still throw me every time, I find they often come from the people you least expect. When I sat my own parents down to tell them, my own mother just looked at me, tapped her fingers on the table and said “oh well”, then nothing!!!! My husband nearly exploded with outrage, he calmly suggested that maybe I might need a hug??? It was then that I realised there are going to be people that offer emotional support and many that don’t know how. Sad but true. I have a wonderful mother-in-law, thankfully

After 2 x surgeries, radiotherapy and medication someone said, "dont you need chemo?"
I said "no". They said, "oh obviously your cancer mus'nt be all that bad than" :no_mouth:

I'm a radiation safety adviser at a mine.  My favourite so far has been the suggestion that I should look into worker's compensation due to my breast cancer.  After years in the field of mine radiation safety I know most people have a limited understanding of the risks of low dose radiation so I patiently explained that there is no credible scientific evidence to link the extremely low levels of radiation that I received at work to cancer. Nope, advise from an experienced radiation safety adviser fell on deaf ears. She was still insistent that I look into workers comp.  

Again - she meant well.  They all do.  But bloody hell! I didn't know whether to laugh or scream. 

Talking to a friend on the phone  when on chemo  she said  "you sound alright " was i supposed to sound different on chemo?  

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"at least it's not contagious"

I got an unsolicited lecture on alternative and herbal “cures” from another Mum at my daughter’s school- only to see the same Mum puffing on a cigarette two days later!