cancer in the media

lifey

Do you have a feeling that every show, movie, or news report has somebody dying of cancer?

I am trying to have a positive outlook but it's hard when you're bombarded with negativity. My husband tends to change the channel, but I am curious-how do you deal with it (if you're at all bother by it).

Traveltext

I'm more worried about dying in a car accident than I am about dying from cancer.

Italychick

I DVR any shows I want to watch, skip all news and commercials. Any news related programs or even talk shows are on my DO NOT WATCH list. Like Dr. Oz, no way, will never watch him.

Brutersmom

We hit a deer this weekend at 60 mile an hour. No one was injured. Deer is dead. Makes one think. The car is fixable but a slightly different situation and I would not have been worrying about cancer or treatments.

Kicks

No, I don't feel "bombarded with negativity".

Kicks

No, I don't feel "bombarded with negativity".

Spookiesmom

It's like when you start a new diet. All you see are the food commercials. Change the channel.

edwards750

Brutersmom that's scary. We see them every now and then where I live. I have narrowly missed hitting them.

lifey - I recently lost a friend to BC. She was DX 8 years ago. Very aggressive. It came back with a vengeance. She suffered so much.

No I don't worry but my youngest son does. He has several friends who have lost their mothers so he is naturally scared. I try to reassure him but thing is none of us have any guarantees. He doesn't talk about it like he used to. He does ask about my doctors appts.I am 4 1/2 years out. My ONC is confident but frankly it's not her life.

I do think you will worry less as time goes on. At least I have.

Diane

GeorgiaRai

For a while, every book I read had someone die of BC. And I used to watch Parenthood and Kristina's BC story line followed my treatment by just a few months. I usually find it more fake than negative, though. It's always generic "breast cancer" with no details about what kind. They talk about lymph nodes as if that's a giant axe about to fall (queue suspenseful music). And so often, the patient goes from chemo to a celebratory night dancing, or from a happy last-hurrah vacation to dead. I just find it so much of it implausible, and the opposite of everything I've seen and learned about dying of cancer.

Even news reports rarely mention any of the details about BC that would interest or affect me. I appreciated Rita Wilson announcing she had ILC, and Joan Lunden saying she had TNBC. Those "minor" facts actually give us an idea of what the person is going through and what they're facing. Otherwise, it's all pretty much white noise to me.