Insensitive comments people say!
I'm sorry but I need to vent to someone who will understand. Wednesday night I was at a school function for my 11 year old and ran into an old collleague of mine. Now this colleague is a professional who I worked with in a hospital for a decade. She asked me if there's anything new and asked how I'm doing in general. She did not know the fact that I was diagnosed with BC in January and skin cancer in April so I told her what has been going on in my life.
After I told her my story, her eyes opened wide as she told me of another colleague of hers who just died of BC a few days ago. She said "Sara was in remission for 15 years..doing great and the BC came back with a vengence and she went down quick, I just went to her funeral yesterday". I felt sick to my stomach after this story, didn't enjoy the school function, couldn't sleep, still feel anxious and so on..... This story did not benefit me at all since I didn't know Sara because she started working at the hospital after I left.
Maybe I'm overly sensitive because I just finished radiation a week ago and still feel very unsettled about BC. I know with time it will get easier but shouldn't a professional person who works in a hospital know better than to say this to me?
I have had numerous other insensitive comments made and learned that people need to pay attention to what their saying or just not say anything if their not sure of what to say.
Thank you to those who read this....I just needed to vent.... Please feel free to share any of your stories, I would love to read them.
Liz
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