Last night ,due to lack of energy after a full day, I turned the TV on and got caught up in a show that I have not actually watched except for the advertising that was on promoting a new show. I became fixated on the show as they took on a weighty subject of breast cancer with one of the family friends. This friend had always been there for everyone else but her own son who was not involved in her life due to a drinking problem that she was dealing with while he was growing up. Quite rapidly it went to her home filled with cats and what her life truly was about. The women in the show had been friends for a long time through AA but actually didn't really know each other when it came right down to it. Their humor was inappropriate at best and yet there was a redeeming quality to facing what was actually happening rather than skirt the issue. The mother, daughter (that are her friends) are seen actually doing a self breast exam fully clothed and discussing the reasons they are checking and the concern over what they might find. Yes, this was a little off but yet was very clearly on the mark at what others feel as well as what the patient is going through. There was laughter among the comments that were very poignant at times and inappropriate at other times. It took a look at the whole picture and we could sit back and watch it all happen. I applaud the show for presenting a humorous, and yet timely interpretation of something that we all hide from or try to avoid. We do have to remember that those going through cancer do not want to be treated any different and that humor is ok regardless of what is happening and that we all need family and friends to get through life. The end of the show, brought smiles as the missing son texted his mom that he wanted to see her
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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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