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Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 24 10:10am | Replies (223)
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@wpglea

Why does every nurse, technician, and doctor smile and ask, "How are you today?"
Obviously they know how I am. I find their inane question very irritating, and usually answer, "I'm probably feeling like every other woman with breast cancer." They really do not understand or really want to know how I feel. Their question is extremely generic and trite, which tells me they really don't think of me as a person.

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jchato9 | @jchato9 | Jul 21, 2023

And when they ask, I reply « not great » and suddenly there is Silence… I am avoiding people because I don’t want to lie and answer « fine » and at the same time, I don’t want to share with everyone this problem. Others have their own challenges- don’t want to pile on their pain ( sickness/breast cancer, death of loved ones) . I don’t want to hear that it will be ok, It’s not and it won’t be.
I am not saying « why me? » just angry at aging, sickness - not rosy picture.

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