What was the best thing anyone ever said to you about your cancer?

We all have stories about the worst thing anyone said to us upon hearing we have cancer. Let's talk about the best things people said to us and what it meant to us to hear it.

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DebbieWoodbury (Survivor (2 - 5 years)) - 07 / 13 / 2011

I asked this question because I was stunned by the answers to "What was the stupidest thing anyone ever said to you when they found out you had cancer?" In sharing my answer, I remembered the hurt of what I heard, but I also remembered the best thing anyone ever said to me. She was a radiologist, who administered my stereotactic core biopsy. While looking at the screen, she put her hand on my shoulder and said, "I guarantee that, whatever it is, you'll be okay because it's so small." Those words got me through three more months of diagnostic uncertainty. At least I wasn't going to die. I just posted more about this experience on my website,http://www.wherewegonow.com/debbies-blog/best-thing-anyone-ever-said-me-about-my-cancer-0. I'm glad to say there were empathetic people on my journey, and I didn't want to fail to mention them and my gratitude.

regrounding (Survivor (5 - 10 years)) - 07 / 13 / 2011

About a week after my diagnosis I saw my "tune up" therapist. I was still dumbstruck by it all, and feeling a little "why me-ish." He looked me in the eye and remind me that the only thing that had changed was my awareness. The cancer had been there months, probably years, prior. With this new awareness, however, came the power to DO SOMETHING. He is awesome...

jackiefox12 (Survivor (2 - 5 years)) - 07 / 13 / 2011

What a great question and I believe that it's so easy to get caught up in the sucky aspects of cancer that we forget there can be positive moments.

It's so hard to limit it to one answer that I have to give you two. A good friend, who is now battling (yes, battling) metastatic cancer, was one of my guardian angels when I was diagnosed with DCIS. She said, "You are not your cancer and your cancer is not you." The other comment that stands out was from my family doctor, who just retired last month. He said more comforting and positive things than I can recount here but I'll never forget the day during one of our frequent visits when he said, "I'm going to help you get through this." And he did.

member2248 (Current Patient) - 12 / 09 / 2011

My favorite thing so far was to experience how loving and supportive people all around me have been... so different from day to day life pre-cancer!
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