Thanks for all your comments I am glad that it was not just me. I did not get back any earlier as I started my first FEC on Wed so have had other things on my mind!! Unfortunately Jane RA I too am a vomit phobic, I am also hospital phobic, although I wasn’t actually puking in a bucket like Ceilia portrays, I was very sick all night, so any advice you have Jane for not being sick next time would be gratefully received.
I am going to get onto the case now I feel better and e mail the BBC thanks for the link I am a starter and finisher, a bit of an activist too but also a reflector at times. I agree with what many of you have said that “Soaps” high light things and reach Millions of people, bringing some things into people’s lives beyond their wildest imaginations, any one remember “Kathy Come Home” how it shocked people, or the first gay kiss in “Brookside”, now some people don’t turn an eye, but there is entertainment, and education and I think we must be aware of this, sometimes the two have to marry up in a sensitive way.
Shock/horror tactics do not always work especially if it is you in shock or in that place at the time, or it is affecting your family.
Like some of you said it was not the breast cancer story it was the speed at which she deteriorated that was the shocking bit, so I am on the case and thanks for all the responses.
I put not being sick down to anti emetics…I’ve always had a big range both intranenously and in tabs. I know having private insurance I have got one intravenous drug I wouldn’t have got on the NHS. Very unfair. (I’ve never had FEC though…did have AC which is similar.)
I still haven’t seen Casulaty…did try downloading but the programme got stuck. I don’t think I’d feel that strongly about it. My partner reckons the progamme was a good strong one…and yes the woman did die quickly of bc…and as I said in earlier post yes sometimes that is the case.
I am going to talk to my ONC about the anti sickness drugs she did prescribe me 3 including an injectable one, so maybe I need something stonger.
I know what you mean about Casualty, and I was surprised by the response on here, and I know in reality people die all the time from all sorts of things but I still think it was a little too dramatic, see if you can see it, because we are all rabbiting on about it!
Hello everyone, I watched the episode of Casualty on Saturday, little realising that the following Thursday i would have the diagnosis of BC by then. I actually did not take in the whole episode but remember how the woman was constantly brushed off by staff as a nuisence. I do realise that BC is a serious condition and that tv does dramatise things somewhat. I am 38 and was diagnosed yesterday so my feelings are everywhere at the moment. I feel very frightened at present and this site is helping to cope at the moment so hopefully I will be able to contribute more fully soon.
My husband asked me if i wanted to ring the help line but i declined. I find it hard to talk on the phone when i am upset.
I was dx at the beginning of January this year with BC (issue one). I also lost my brother a while ago, he hung himself at 19 years old. I was not able to help him and i still feel guilty that i was not there for him.
He found it hard to come to terms with losing our mum she fought cancer for 4 years (not bc).
Thank you for this discussion it has let me get some of it of my chest.
My life has been fraught with problems and soaps often upset me but I now have a wonderful husband who supports me totally. He too wants to turn off some programs but somehow sometimes it helps me come to terms with my past, and sometimes i leave the room.
I do get lots of loving kisses from him whether i am upset or not. I am very lucky in that respect.
Love and best wishes Maz xx
PS. Try to look on the bright side of life even if it is hard to see. I count the blessings i have today and try to avoide looking at tomorrow or yesterday!!!
I did contact the link to complain, and got the standard ‘thanks for your enquiry we will try to respond to your concerns within the next 48 hours’ that was Wed not heard anything yet!!