"I'm going to kill you. Every day, I'm going to kill you, and then I'm going to bring you back to life. We're going to hit you with chemo, and hit you again, and hit you again. You're not going to be able to walk. We're practically going to have to teach you to walk again after we're done"(Anonymous Oncologist).
If I was the patient that had cancer and my doctor would tell
me this I would be terrified because the doctor is telling the
patient in an aggressive tone. However, the doctor is telling
you the truth about chemo that it is killing you little by little.
At same time you would be fighting against the cancer.
This quote reminds me when my aunt had been diagnosed
with back bone breast cancer and being three months
pregnant. Her doctor had told her you have the early stage of
breast cancer so, we going to fight this and you will survival.
I promise you that I will not give up on you and you will not
give up either. Since, you are three months pregnant it’s
going to be dangerous because you would be in chemo. Your
baby might make but it might Down syndrome from the
medicine you would be taking. However, that would also be a
struggle for you to fight this cancer. Look your young and
you will be able to have more children once we defeat this
cancer first. So, my aunt had to make the hardest decision in
her life and lose the baby but she had done it so she can fight
the cancer. Overall, with the strong relationship she had with
her doctor, she survived the cancer and a year lateral she had
a baby girl. My aunt’s doctor wasn’t as aggressive as the one
from the quote. He was like gentler but at the time
determined and motivated that his goal was to not let my
aunt die. Different doctors have different strategies of how to
inform their patient about their cancer and how they would
approach. Depending on the patient of which way they will
prefer to fight against their cancer.
Wow. This is a really powerful story, Naomi. Thank you for sharing it!
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