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I love that you responded this way. When I was first diagnosed, I was terrified. My first doctor (not Mayo) just told me to get my affairs in order. I didn’t want to be dismissed when I told people. I had a few people just say..Well, it’s in God’s hands now or you”ll be fine. This upset me even more. I think I wanted people to say, how are you doing or if they had been through it to share their own experiences to give me hope.

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Thank you! I'm so sorry to hear your first doctor said something like that. That's horrifying. I have heard a lot of generic things from people, especially the old "you're so strong" "you got this" mantra. I try not to be too annoyed by it because I think people honestly just don't know what to say and they sort of freeze when they hear the word "cancer". I know the few who shared actual advice with me or shared their own personal stories really impacted me the most, so I hope that I can do that for others now.