My sister diagnosed with TNBC but is pushing me out

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Hi everyone, I hope this is okay to post. Was t sure which forum to use.

My sister (2 years younger) has just been diagnosed with TNBC and has a long road ahead.

For background we have been inseparable since we were very young  have done everything together, however she has always had a side of her that treats me like I mean nothing. It's very hard to explain. Let's say I giver her advice on so.wthibg bit she tells me I'm wrong or doesn't listen and then so.wone she doesn't know too well from work tells her the same thing and she takes it as gospel.

Since her diagnosis I've tries to be normal, im absolutely beside myself with worry and she knows it. However I feel that she's pushing me out because she's getting lots of attention from people who she's always craved it from.

I sound so awful saying this but I feel so alone and pushed out and like im no longer someone who matters to her. An example is that I thought long and hard about saving my hair because I can't bear my sister to lose her hair still styling and grooming mine. She told me not too and that she's wouldn't do it for me (in the tongue and cheek way we talk). But today she told me all of her colleagues at work said they would shave thiwr heads in solidarity and she said it was such an amazing support she's never expected. Whe  I said to her that I was going to do that she dismissed me and said no you didn't.

I hate writing this, but I also feel like I have so many feelings amd emotions that im dealing with too.

  • Hi Cs1983 welcome to the forum. That sounds very difficult for you and not one with an easy answer to. Please do not feel bad about writing this here it's OK. It sounds like she appears to value colleagues advice which I imagine includes many voices, as opposed to her sisters advice. Families can be strange beasts at the best of times.  I'm.wondering if it may help you to offload to chat with someone at the Macmillan Line as they are good listeners and you need support as well ad your sister and it is there. 08088080000. Think about it and hopefully it can help to talk to someone in confidence outwith friends and family

     Sending some hugs your way for now. Best wishes Gail x