MBC Diagnosis Emotions, Part 1
Original dx was cancer of the right breast in 2008. I decided to get a mastectomy, not a lumpectomy and radiation. Radiation 15 days in a row, people jammed together in a waiting room: I thought that was a bad idea for my T2 diabetes body.
The 2022 dx of metastatic breast cancer surprised and stunned me. I thought it would be monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) turning into multiple myeloma. I did not expect MBC at all.
I am a scientist. I even worked on clinical trials for breast cancer at the hospital where I am being treated. Sometimes I wish I had an eighth-grade education, and an IQ of 80.
I broke from organized religion in my teens. Recently in the hospital for a week, I found conversations with two female chaplains helpful. Very difficult and painful, but helpful. Is there a phone line to talk to chaplains?
This is my story...I will continue it at another time.
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