tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25073771.post4477221822623798361..comments2023-11-05T04:05:03.588-08:00Comments on A Chronic Dose | A blog about chronic illness, healthcare, and writing.: Book Review--Everything Changes: The Insider's Guide to Cancer In Your 20's and 30'sLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392908564921877962noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25073771.post-3766300753517600862009-02-21T07:29:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:29:00.000-08:00Thank you for such a great post. My sister was dia...Thank you for such a great post. My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35. She had a five month old baby and had no idea she had cancer. One day at work they were offering free mamagrams for women 35 and older. She started not to take it. After all, she had been to the doctor many times during her pregnancy, and she was only 35. Women don't get breast cancer that young. She finally decided to have the mamogram. Since it was free what could it hurt. Little did she know her life would never be the same after that. They discovered she had a tumor in the middle of her left breast. Because of where it was and my sister having large breast it could not be felt. If she had not had that mamogram that day, by the time they would have known it existed, it would have been to late to save my sister's life. She had the cancerous tumor removed and thank God she has been cancer free for 17 years now. No matter what the illness and especially cancer, you are never to young. I am glad more people are beginning to realize that most diseases aren't a respecter of persons. Young or old, we're all susceptible to being ill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25073771.post-42072904056565462552009-02-20T06:45:00.000-08:002009-02-20T06:45:00.000-08:00who do not couch suffering or pain or fear in pala...<I>who do not couch suffering or pain or fear in palatable ways when sometimes they aren’t meant to be palatable </I><BR/><BR/>Exactly right. Books (blogs, articles, etc.) that show the truth about how we all live are so important, and I'll be glad to add this book to my TBR if that's how it handles things.Never That Easyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008749218695113192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25073771.post-29202498440296962172009-02-19T16:08:00.000-08:002009-02-19T16:08:00.000-08:00Thank you for this post. I just got off the phone...Thank you for this post. I just got off the phone with a nurse at my oncologist's office who felt the need to point out to me (as if incredulous herself) that I was the youngest one of "theirs" to be on the treatment I will soon be on. I don't want to be in that group, or have that label. It made me feel like a freak for having the diagnosis I have at this age and it didn't help to have that pointed out to me by the nurse! I too shy away from relationships because I don't want to drag anyone else in to this crazy medical life (and this certainly isn't the future most guys my age foresee for themselves), and like the person you wrote about, I also have never stopped to ask "why me?" Instead, I have always asked, "Well why NOT me?" Thank you for this post! <BR/><BR/>AshleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com