Things breast cancer patients hear…
March 2, 2022
- Nothing
- So, how long you got?
- You don’t look sick.
- Everything happens for a reason.
- I’m sure you’ll be fine.
- Congratulations, you’re done with treatment and now your life can go back to normal.
- Don’t worry about it.
- You’re so lucky. You get a free tummy tuck and boob job.
- Think of all the fun you will have with trying new wigs.
- You’re stage 0? That’s not really cancer.
- Glad it’s you and not me.
- At least you got the good kind.
- At least they caught it early.
- Your cancer is nothing compared to what others are going through.
- At least you don’t have Covid.
- It’s just hair. It will grow back.
- God is teaching you a lesson.
- A double mastectomy is routine surgery. Just like having your tonsils removed.
- Only brain and abdominal radiation cause nausea
- At least you don’t need chemo.
- Did you get a card for weed yet?
- It’s not big deal. You beat cancer once already.
- At least yours is curable and not life threatening.
- It’s just a bump in the road.
- Sweet, you’ll be just like Frankenstein.
- Just chop them off!
- You must have done something to deserve this cancer?
- Your surgery date doesn’t work well for “insert any event/job/person”. Can’t you just postpone?
- I know exactly how you feel.
- My “insert relative/friend” died from that cancer.
- Why are you so tired?
- Just don’t look at the medical bills if they stress you out.
- Cancer is so depressing. I don’t want talk about it.
- Just pray.
- I don’t like bald people.