Lisa Bonchek Adams. There are always eyebrow- raising things people say to those with cancer and/or their families. Maybe not everyone would find each of the comments listed below to be offensive but they’ve  been submitted by readers as ones they wish they hadn’t heard. I like to revisit this topic every so often to allow people to post comments and add to the list. Some of these come from the comments the last time I discussed this topic (here). At the bottom you will find a link to the post I did on suggestions about what TO say and how to help a friend with cancer or other illness.

I’m not going to respond to each of the statements below. I’m just going to list them for your consideration. Some are just strange. Some miss the mark. Some are downright rude. They weren’t all said to me, but they were said. Movies For Apple Ipod Blackbird (2015). Gee, that almost makes me want to have an award for the most offensive one listed below.

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You can too.”“But I thought you had chemo and surgery last time. How could it be back? This is why people shouldn’t do chemo.”“Do you think it was a waste to do chemo last time?”“Live in the moment.” “Be strong.” “Fight hard.” “Keep your chin up.” “Don’t give up.” “Attitude is everything.”“We just need a miracle for you.”“If anyone can beat this, you can.”After telling someone I had stage IV: “Wow. I’m going to miss you.”“Is it terminal?”“What’s your prognosis?”“It could be worse, you know.”“Everything happens for a reason.”“It’s all part of a larger plan.”“You’re only given what you can handle.”“All you need to do is think positive.”“Half the battle is the mindset.

Be determined to beat cancer and you will.”“Now that you’ve been through this you’re due for some good things to happen.”“I’m sure it’s fine/I’m sure it’s nothing.”“Well, you’ve been needing a vacation for a while and now . What could be better?”“Well, do they think . I was at home recovering from surgery and still had days to await the results of whether or not I had clear margins, etc. Those days that drag on and you just wonder and hope. My mother in law came over with dinner (nice) and then proceeded to stand there and tell me about every person she knew with cancer, how they died, and how their families went on.”“When my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was a wreck.

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My (now ex) husband got tired of it really fast and made a rule to confine my sadness to one day per week: “you are only allowed to cry about this on Fridays.” If I felt like I absolutely had to cry Sat- Thur, I had to do it in private.”“The worst thing said to me was right before I was to have a new lump checked out. I was a 7 yr breast cancer survivor at the time, with 3 children ranging from 1. When I told a pastor’s wife I was worried about the lump, but was most worried about my children if I got bad news, she responded, . You’d be surprised how quickly. I know I got over my dad dying in a year, and I was about their age.’ ”“Gosh, I thought chemo was supposed to make you lose weight”“Nearly every person I told about my mother’s death felt the need to tell me about some relative of theirs that had passed away and how awful their death was.”“The very stupidest thing was said to me recently, a few months after treatment ended for a recurrrence. I was out to eat with my youngest son, now 1. She said she’d given it a lot of thought, and wanted me to know that there were “perks” to dying at early age, in case I did.

One “perk” was that I wouldn’t be the grieving spouse, another was that I had already parented “through the fun years” and wouldn’t have to see my kids make bad life choices, and the other one. She was “sincere” and had “thought about it,” and is a nurse!! Just blew my mind.”1. Random stranger on the street: Do you have cancer? RS: How long do you have? On telling peripheral people (e.

I guess they are trying to make a connection and it’s the first thing that pops into their head, but I really did not want to hear about death at that time. Itunes Movies For Ipod Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) more. An email from a friend of a friend (a homeopath) telling me that breast cancer is caused my a negative relationship with your own mother. This is definitely not the case! People asking me if I knew how I got my cancer (and then offering me something to read about some “natural” therapy they have heard about or are selling). I fully got sick of hearing the words “positive” and “strong”; so much so that I banned my family and friends from saying them.“People choose their sicknesses.

He chose to have cancer by not managing his negative energy and he chose to die by not fighting.”“Someone I know has pancreatic cancer. She didn’t suffer too many adverse effects throughout chemo which was fortunate for her. Her daughter, who knows I went through chemo all a year earlier, made a comment that her mother must have a particularly strong constitution because she didn’t have trouble with side effects. Ya, unlike like the rest of us weak wussies who who were knocked out by chemo! I knew that she was grasping at any tiny sign that her mom might experience a full recovery so I kept my mouth shut.”?

A post with suggestions for what to say/do appears here:  “What to say to someone with cancer/how to be a friend to someone with a serious illness.”.

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