Things breast cancer patients hear…

  • 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.