I've ranted about this before. The story that brought on this repeat rant is just another example of words people use to describe someone who has passed away as a result of breast cancer. *WARNING!! If you are like me, in that, hearing of someone's passing away from breast cancer totally freaks you out & sends you into a spiral of psychosomatic symptoms & worry, panic & the like, please DO NOT click on the link in this blog post.* I'm actually getting better about that. I was shaken a bit after hearing about this lady & then reading her story, but I try to remember all my wonderful doctors telling me "everyone is different", "you are one of the ones that can be cured"....
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| Karen Martinez |
So anyway....I hate that this happened to this beautiful young lady, her family, friends, coworkers & viewers, all who loved her. And I HATE the title of this article. NOW HEAR THIS: NO ONE LOSES THEIR BATTLE. OK? To me, that just makes it sound like they did something wrong, or didn't do something they should have....Surely there's a better way to relay this. How bout that she "passed away after a lengthy bc illness"? Or that she was "taken too soon by bc"?
Anyway...as my oncology appointments loom ever closer on the calendar, I try not to daily deteriorate into a complete wreck. And I have vowed to remain absolutely calm when I get in front of Dr W. In 27 days. I think.
1 comment:
Good point! <3
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