The story of how the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis affects the family
“Lots of well-meaning, cheery people tell me everything is going to be fine because breast cancer turned out fine for their Aunt Louise or their cousin Helga.
But when my doctor discusses the possibility of whacking off part of my body, frying me with radiation and pumping me full of toxic chemicals that will make me vomit and lose my hair, it does not sound fine to me. In the eloquent words of my teenagers’ friends, it sounds like it sucks.”
