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Loved one in denial won't get help
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 8 10:39pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Thanks for reaching out and sharing your story. It is helpful to talk to others. I have no idea how long this has been there, or if there are others or if it's even cancer. I think that's what the hardest. She seems to be in the denial and anger phases of grief simultaneously.
I hope you are doing well.
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@caringfamilymembers when this was my friend just a year ago, I explained how the vast majority of breast cancers (being the worst case scenario) are now treated with lumpectomy and maybe some AI or radiation. Unlike the more aggressive treatments of the past, where we got aggressive surgeries, chemotherapy, then radiation and endocrine therapy, women frequently just have a lumpectomy or an excisional biopsy, and nothing else.
I would also stress that finding cancers early is the key to still being around for kids and grandkids, and that the reason you are asking is because you love her and want her to be around.
Does she have a primary care or gynecologist she trusts? How about a friend or family member in health care that might be able to hear her fears?