It's Not Me
It's that old cliche ... It only happens to other people ... and although it's happened to me I keep hearing this voice telling me it's not really as bad as other women's cancers. I still have my bre...
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I'm in the same boat. I'm calling it my "lucky C". Early, hormone receptive by 80%, clear lymphs. Kept half of my breast and even have the freedom right now to opt-out of chemotherapy without my team having a problem with it.
But cancer is still cancer.
You get no guarantees. It can be "beaten" and come straight back, you can be done with it forever but live constantly worrying that will show up again. Fact is, it might not be "as bad" as other people's cancer, but your life is changed forever in a way that not everyone's is.
It's all about perspective. Dude has an arm amputated and smiles through then his best mate crashes their cheap third hand car and falls into a depression. It's not about what actually happens, it's the impact on the individual.
Emotions don't tend to negotiate with logic. And "it could be worse" according to the psychology community does more harm than good when things for the individual actually can get worse. It puts more emphasis on the how it might get worse stress. Cut it out. Give it the value it deserves. You're "self-absorbed about the whole thing" because it's actually happening to you and there is no reason to feel bad about that. You are entitled to feel.