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How were you informed you have cancer?

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I ask this question as I found out that I had cancer when I opened a letter from the hospital while drinking my morning coffee. The news took some digesting and I was unable to tell anyone 'till my partner got home from work. I am told this is unusual but I have since heard that others have beed told over the phone or called in to see their doctor or asked to come into hospital to discuss the results of their tests. So how did you receive the news that you have cancer?

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    Hi Kim., 

    i was still laying on table, nurse who took samples, said you can get up now, oh and you've got cancer, (how nice).

    Billy 

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    Hi Billygoat.

    I agree with [@davek]‍, you were handled most unprofessionally.  

    For most people (and at one time, that included me), the word cancer is so terrifying that they essentially tune out in shock once they hear the diagnosis. So ideally, the diagnosis should also be rapidly followed by an indication of prognosis or expected outcome - especially when that outcome is generally positive. 

    Simply throwing out that a patient has got cancer and then leaving them to it is just unprofessional and unacceptable. 

     

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    Hi Billygoat.

    I agree with [@davek]‍, you were handled most unprofessionally.  

    For most people (and at one time, that included me), the word cancer is so terrifying that they essentially tune out in shock once they hear the diagnosis. So ideally, the diagnosis should also be rapidly followed by an indication of prognosis or expected outcome - especially when that outcome is generally positive. 

    Simply throwing out that a patient has got cancer and then leaving them to it is just unprofessional and unacceptable. 

     

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