Hi everyone, i was at the gym the other day having tea afterwards and sat near 2 ladies talking about a friend who was receiving chemo, and one friend said to the other "of course she won't survive because everyone that gets cancer, always gets it back and succumbs! Well, needless to say I was hopping off my seat and had to interrupt! I said excuse me I am a cancer survivor and not everyone succumbs and I am living proof to that. She dismissed my almost 4 year survival and said, well I don't know anyone who has survived. They got up to leave, as I did too and I apologised for interrupting their conversation and said I didn't want them to remain with that erroneous opinion, should anyting happen to one of them in the future and they believed that nonsense. To which one of the women replied well it isn't going to happen to me and I said "well I sincerely hope your not one of the 40% that it does happen to" and I walked away quite pissed off actually.
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I would have been peed off too. Glad you rounded on them Deidre. Best Wishes, Linda
unfortunately these comments often come from ignorance as it seems in this case. All I can say is I feel terribly sorry for them because one day they may have to face the reality about cancer and I would much rather remember the conversation I had with a survivor than silly untruths that this disease can not be beaten. Good luck with your continued remission and continue to fly the flags for the many many Cancer survivors out there!
