So as brief as it is, I am talking to you newly diagnosed people and trying to reassure you that the day will come that these tests and your breast cancer won't dominate every moment and every thought you have. I hope this gives you some reassurance and comfort and in the mean time, Make Every Day a Great Day! S
So today is the day that I go back for a mammogram and a dexa scan. I really have come to a point that is not complacency but one of rather indifference. I will continue to do the routine tests and follow ups but quite honestly I have more trepidation about going to the dentist than having my oncology check up. After my last scare, I had pretty much decided if warranted, that I would proceed with a mastectomy. In fact I would chose a bilateral mastectomy but I found out that all was ok. Maybe now I will be able to go back to once a year. I am often aware of this indifference in others facing their yearly exams. Just Get R Done,seems to be the mantra. It is so commonplace that I don't even tell my closest friends and my husband no longer volunteers to go with me. All in all, I think this is a good thing and that life is all about normal. Today, they may not even get to reading my exam and I said that is fine. In the past, I would have been negotiating how to get it read the same day.
So as brief as it is, I am talking to you newly diagnosed people and trying to reassure you that the day will come that these tests and your breast cancer won't dominate every moment and every thought you have. I hope this gives you some reassurance and comfort and in the mean time, Make Every Day a Great Day! S
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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