I picked this story up from a fellow forum member on the Living with Cancer forum.
I can honestly say I’ve never knowingly worn my cancer as a badge and until it became obvious, chemo hair and a crutch, I only told a handful of people I had cancer. I’ve gone to great lengths to not let this ****** disease define who I am. I’m over the moon my hair is growing back and wondering how long I’ve got it before the next chemo. Just so disappointed to read this article.
irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/some-people-wearing-cancer-like-a-badge-claims-saunders-1.15…
me niether ,I think what she said was way out of order , it does amaze me when celebrities broadcst they have been given the ‘all clear’ after such a short space of time , of course often people are lucky and of course some are’nt its something you live with ,the uncertainty ,I can’t believe people would knowingly wear a cancer badge ,it kind of trivialises how serious the matter is ,to me anyhow x
We are not all as lucky as some to be able to hide for 12 mths or so when your body is in a mess , most people have to carry on and these are the courageous ones. I was extremely lucky having a superb wig colleagues/clients never even knew what I was going through and still don’t.
Absolutely shocking, who does she think she is. Too angry to write more.
Her comments show a great deal of ignorance about the disease. I sincerely hope she doesn’t have to eat her words at some point in the future and find out the hard way why so many of us say you can never truly be a survivor until you die of something else…
It took my breath away that anyone who had been through a diagnosis and treatment could make such unkind remarks.
Yes, my “badge” is pink-and-black (the candle in my avatar pic). Those recently diagnosed with secondaries need to know that it’s possible to live with mets for a number of years… and everybody else ESPECIALLY BCC needs to know that breast cancer can still be a fatal disease.
It turns out J.Saunders has a book about her life to promote. Out in October. :smileyindifferent:
Takes the biscuit really.
I was wondering what she had to promote. If she practices what she preaches then I guess the book will have no mention of her breast cancer experience.
Cancer is not a badge … or if it is so is having listen to other folks going on about pregnance, childbirth, how they suffer with a cold.