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PJ Hamel is happy to be alive. As always.
Author, breast cancer survivor
Writer, mother, wife, volunteer, and survivor: PJ Hamel joins the...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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I don’t know you, and you don’t know me. But I feel comfortable calling you sister, because all of us women – young, old, or in-between, all over the world – are sisters, bound by genetics and our female souls.If you’re reading these words, I assume it’s because yo...
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breast lumps
pinkribbons
Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 03:33 PM
i wish all doctors thought like this, that you are not being silly, or a hypocondriac or an overacting mother, because that is exactly what i feel like when i take my daughters to the doctors if i am worried, an over reacting mother. i take our car to the garage if i dont know whats wrong with it, so whats the difference, is it becasue i pay the mechanic there and then but the doctor dosent know that i pay my national insurance money every month and wonders why i am now asking him about a 'new' problem. i go in thinking, this is what they are there for and then coming out feeling awful for wasting thier time...anyway, you have made me feel better...for now until the next visit!!
re: breast lumps
PJ Hamel
Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 03:50 PM
Glad you're feeling better, Pink - at least temporarily! Please try not to let how the doctors act affect how you view yourself. You're NOT an over-reacting mother; you're not "wasting their time." Taking care of our health is what doctors do; and that should incude willingly and gracefully answering questions and concerns. Just because the answer is evident to the doctor, it doesn't mean it's clear to YOU, right? PJH
i wish all doctors thought like this, that you are not being silly, or a hypocondriac or an overacting mother, because that is exactly what i feel like when i take my daughters to the doctors if i am worried, an over reacting mother. i take our car to the garage if i dont know whats wrong with it, so whats the difference, is it becasue i pay the mechanic there and then but the doctor dosent know that i pay my national insurance money every month and wonders why i am now asking him about a 'new' problem. i go in thinking, this is what they are there for and then coming out feeling awful for wasting thier time...anyway, you have made me feel better...for now until the next visit!!