My Chemo Style

You may be surprised but I disagree with you. Yes Breast Cancer can be deadly but it needn't be if caught early enough. My doctor's attitude was spot on for me and although he had never met me before, I think he could sense that I didn't want to be a drama queen about it and just wanted to get on with treatment so that I could forget about it and get on with my life. To this end his comment actually filled me with confidence. If he'd gone all dramatic on me, I would have been far more scared.

I am NOT trying to pretend that cancer is no big deal but it doesn't have be a crisis. The more people who take the fear out of cancer, the more likely women (and men) will seek out medical advice sooner and so have a much better prognosis.

He was not insensitive at all, indeed quite the opposite. I'm sorry if this was not clear in my original post.

Sorry, I felt so strongly about your comment that I hadn't memorised it all when I replied first time.

I have now re-read your comment about having cancer a second time and feel very angry with you. You cannot make such a generalised comment. In my case it was another primary, so the outlook for my future is no worse than after the first occurence. Indeed it may even be better than before. Of course things are not so bright for everyone but there are too many factors to take into consideration for each individual for you to be able to make the comment you did.

This is precisely the sort of attitude that I wish I could change. Cancer is not Black and White. And it doesn't have to be a death sentence. You must have had a very bad experience so I sympathise but thankfully I have been very lucky and have had a fantastic consultant to see me through it all.

because they don' t care..did you know they take bets how long it takes for each patient to go bald..and bets on how long it takes them to start to "spew" ..and of couse how long a patient lives..witnesses are testifying

they have prizes..of booze, dinners, tickets to  events..it is sad..i heard them..the court date is soon to be decided..they killed my aunt with their 'treatments'

I know the press in the US has been very critical of the NHS but in this case it's excellent.  Here they use a cap, designed by my oncologist and used all over the UK.  VERY cold water is pumped through it restricting the blood flow to the head and so preserveing as much hair as possible.  It works so well for some people that hair loss is negligible.  And in my experience the staff have been very caring, helpful and understanding.  The NHS has its faults but it is also at the cutting edge of research.