I’m not sure what I expected when I attended my first breast
cancer support group but I don’t think that was it. I did like the devotional and the opening
prayer. I did like meeting new people
that have been, or are going, through the same things I have been through. I did like the lady in the back of the room
that smiled the entire time as she updated the group on her Stage IV diagnosis
and that even though she just started getting her hair back it will be gone again
soon as she starts her 3rd set of chemo. She inspired me.
Do you sense a “but” coming?
While everyone was nice I felt like most of the ladies were there to
discuss the upcoming banquet and BC conference and yard sale. It seemed if you weren’t going through
treatment then you didn’t speak. And no
one spoke of how they were feeling, handling things (other than the physical
demands of chemo), how their spouses are handling things, etc.
Where’s the emotional support? I could get what they had going on at any
group meeting where fundraising is discussed.
It saddened me that there were 18-20 women in the room there was no
support. I take that back……when someone
mentioned that they had a scan coming up and they were anxious about it the
moderator told everyone to pray for her.
I don’t know if I will go back again or not. I do know that I’d like to go to a support
group meeting where I can feel the emotional support and not all the
fundraising.
Just my 2 cents.
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