I was waiting in radiotherapy.
I did stand up. I did clap. And I was genuinely pleased for the person ringing it.
However, there was a part of me that was thinking " how insensitive to have a bell in an area where possibly half the patients, myself included, will never get to ring that bell.
To me, it's akin to putting a person who's just suffered a stillbirth or a miscarriage on a ward full of beaming mothers with their newborns.You just wouldn't do it! Would you?
I'm not against the end of treatment being celebrated in some way but just wish there was a more tactful way of doing it.
(Obviously none of this applies to children going through this dreadful illness. They should ring bells every single day if they want)
