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ElaineM · 01-31-2009, 01:17 PM

We somehow have to try to forgive the folks who "don't get it" about cancer and especially the kinds of cancer that require long term care.
The media may be partially responsible. We all see and hear various public figures talk about having cancer treatment for a few months, what they went through and now they are "cured". Maybe the general public thinks that is what cancer is all about with modern medicine.
I think back to the time before my diagnosis and remember my friends and relatives that got cancer before I did. I didn't really understand what they went through either.
That helps me cope with the folks who get impatient with me when I say I have a medical appointment for this or that or I can't do everything the same way I did things before. When I have to take some medicine and someone says I am putting poison in my body I just tell them the poison is keeping me alive. After 10 years I have heard almost every comment folks are likely to make and I can come up with an answer to almost any kind of comment from well meaning folks.
I pray those folks never "get it".

01-31-2009, 01:17 PM	#10
ElaineM Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,142	The insensitivities We somehow have to try to forgive the folks who "don't get it" about cancer and especially the kinds of cancer that require long term care. The media may be partially responsible. We all see and hear various public figures talk about having cancer treatment for a few months, what they went through and now they are "cured". Maybe the general public thinks that is what cancer is all about with modern medicine. I think back to the time before my diagnosis and remember my friends and relatives that got cancer before I did. I didn't really understand what they went through either. That helps me cope with the folks who get impatient with me when I say I have a medical appointment for this or that or I can't do everything the same way I did things before. When I have to take some medicine and someone says I am putting poison in my body I just tell them the poison is keeping me alive. After 10 years I have heard almost every comment folks are likely to make and I can come up with an answer to almost any kind of comment from well meaning folks. I pray those folks never "get it". __________________ Peace, ElaineM 12 years and counting http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48247 Lucky 13 !! I hope so !!!!!! http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=52807 14 Year Survivor http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57053 "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." author unknown Shared by a multiple myeloma survivor.