Posted by mair on September 30, 2006, at 10:15:18
In reply to Re: My T has breast cancer » mair, posted by Daisym on September 29, 2006, at 22:25:18
Thank you Daisy. My T has been pretty open with me and while she rarely offers up personal information, she's always been pretty willing to answer my personal questions. For my part, I try to limit my questions to the category of either totally harmless information or stuff about which I feel this huge need to know. I think the severity of her illness will fall into the category of something I'll feel like I need to know but don't want to ask about - in part because i don't want to make her feel uncomfortable and also because I may only want to hear good news. I've decided that the other scary thing is that unless this turns out to be very early stage - very easy to treat, I'm not going to be in a position to stop worrying and thinking about it for a very long time. The uncertainty drags on for years.
And I'm sure this will really change her; how could it not? Think how much we've all been changed by our illnesses - we're never quite the same again, even those of us who seemingly recover.
Thanks again
Mair
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