You beat me to it. @PixieKnuckles … I suspect ‘ecstatic’ is not the word you were thinking of … it’s a horrible business from diagnosis to treatment.
My mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer … she’d always said, all her life, if she ever got anything like that she want us kids to tell her.
When she was feeling ‘off’ and not too well for a few months we took her off to see a specialist … diagnosis … terminal cancer, with 3 to 6 months to live.
She then said she wished we’d never told her she was dying or taken her to see a specialist.
Would I tell a stranger? Definitely not.
I’d have to think twice now about even telling someone dear to me.
Well, now I read it again, “ecstatic” isn’t the best choice of wording…relieved perhaps?
I’m sorry about your mother, Morty…you try and do the best thing by your parents and I suspect she was shocked at the timeline when she said she wished she hadn’t found out, more than the fact you told her at all.
It certainly can, especially when she supported me through my cancer. She said she will be scared at times, but after almost 7 years of treatment I think she is ready to take control of the rest of her life.
We had a laugh last weekend when I reminded her of the day we skipped school together. We went to a fish & chip cafe & they asked her if we wanted gravy on our meal. She said yes but we both hate gravy on fish and chips!
Having just recently been told I have only got a small chance of living a further 5 years I wish someone had been able to warn me two years ago when it was treatable and survivable. Never hesitate if you realise someone has it.
