Thanks so much for writing this. I was diagnosed a couple of days ago with pap thy cancer. I was SO relieved when the endo told me there was such a high success rate with this disease. I had already done my homework and was hoping that if I had it, that Papillary was the one. On the other hand, learning that you have cancer is terrifying......we all know there are variables in every thing in life. I've been so grateful for all the support my friends/family are giving me. But, then there have been two people that just nonchalantly stated, "well, that's a good cancer, it's no bigee." On one hand, I understand what they are saying, but on the other, it felt like a slap in the face.....like they were unconcerned.....as if I have a scrape on my knee and am just being a baby to worry about it. It made me feel like maybe I shouldn't reach out to anybody about it.....maybe my worries are silly. But, I know that if one of my children were diagosed with it, even knowing the high success rate it has, I would still be super concerned about them and I would hate that they have to go through it all. It's nothing I would wish on my worst enemy. So, I guess I'm going to decide right now not to let those people get me down. I'm going to take comfort where I need to and take care of myself right now. They are either trying to console me in their own way even though it's thoughtless or maybe uneducated, as I myself have been about some things in the past. I agree, cancer is cancer with a seriously big C....nothing to shrug off.
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Thanks so much for writing this. I was diagnosed a couple of days ago with pap thy cancer. I was SO relieved when the endo told me there was such a high success rate with this disease. I had already done my homework and was hoping that if I had it, that Papillary was the one. On the other hand, learning that you have cancer is terrifying......we all know there are variables in every thing in life. I've been so grateful for all the support my friends/family are giving me. But, then there have been two people that just nonchalantly stated, "well, that's a good cancer, it's no bigee." On one hand, I understand what they are saying, but on the other, it felt like a slap in the face.....like they were unconcerned.....as if I have a scrape on my knee and am just being a baby to worry about it. It made me feel like maybe I shouldn't reach out to anybody about it.....maybe my worries are silly. But, I know that if one of my children were diagosed with it, even knowing the high success rate it has, I would still be super concerned about them and I would hate that they have to go through it all. It's nothing I would wish on my worst enemy. So, I guess I'm going to decide right now not to let those people get me down. I'm going to take comfort where I need to and take care of myself right now. They are either trying to console me in their own way even though it's thoughtless or maybe uneducated, as I myself have been about some things in the past. I agree, cancer is cancer with a seriously big C....nothing to shrug off.
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