This is how I was told I had cancer: “Well, from looking at your past medical history, this should be a walk in the park for you…”
I had a wide excision biopsy on my left boob in 2010. At the follow up appointment a month later, the surgeon started his conversation with, “Well, based on your diagnosis…”
I interrupted him. “Which is what, exactly? Nobody has ever actually said the name of the condition.” He stopped and apologized, told me the dx, and even spelled it for me. But I had to ask…