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Thank you so much for your kind and helpful reply. ❤️
Yeah, I didn’t feel there were any choices offered, it was just, here is what we are going to do and here are the risks (they did a great job of explaining all that,)
No implants because they were partial mastectomies and reductions/lifts.
I think I will be fine with these once they heal (I just hate how they look now because I’m only one month out and the scars are gruesome and the swelling makes them look weird) but I think I needed to have a moment to mourn my old self.
I know I am so much luckier than so many, so I should count my blessings.
It’s just…I guess it felt bad to have a doctor TELLING me how I felt (and being wrong about how I felt) rather than asking me.
I’m sure doctors are far too busy to ask patients how they feel about all this.
I just wish they understood, this is not a happy thing, not a celebration.
It feels like toxic positivity and fake and I hate it. I hate that I feel coerced to be all happy and gleeful like it’s the best Christmas present ever that I have cancer.
I know it’s always best to keep a positive mental attitude but there are other emotions that come with this and I wish those other emotions were allowed and not forbidden.