tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post7981830324598994318..comments2023-08-24T08:51:30.040-07:00Comments on Oasis of Sanity: don't say it, don't even think it: what not to say to your thyca patientJoanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06093453920666892035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-32276601600131624412007-01-26T08:17:00.000-07:002007-01-26T08:17:00.000-07:00Thank you, Joan, for posting this. Thank you so mu...Thank you, Joan, for posting this. Thank you so much! I can't tell you how many people I have had to explain this to!! And, I'm sorry, but it's NOT the easiest cancer to have. Any medical professional that says it is has never had it personally impact their life. Easy would be the cancer that is cut out and then doesn't have to be worried about daily for the rest of your life. Easy would be a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904301548674112797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-82132401550415280612007-01-10T18:07:00.000-07:002007-01-10T18:07:00.000-07:00It seems one might react differently in the short ...It seems one might react differently in the short run (it very much would counter the initial panic in me)and in the long run (it is <em>not</em> a good cancer, in the quality of life equation.) <br />I think, Joan, that countering the panic that EVERY cancer diagnosis brings forth may be a good thing, even though I understand that it is, in the long run, a demeaning thing to tell a person who ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-74677421386943030362007-01-10T11:23:00.000-07:002007-01-10T11:23:00.000-07:00thanks for stopping by. though one needs to consid...thanks for stopping by. though one needs to consider the manner in which something is said; not possible from just reading a sentence and not actually observing the interaction. nothing is said to insult the patient's intelligence as you implied, or to make light of the situation, but merely to give some reassurance that cancer does not mean death. because although cancer IS cancer, different vagushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767882528181304331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-12917013280354812292007-01-10T08:39:00.000-07:002007-01-10T08:39:00.000-07:00Just delurking to say that I went over there and c...Just delurking to say that I went over there and commented. Good post!Aureliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.com