Hello again, I am continuing talking about the movie “Five” on Lifetime. The next film was called Lili it followed a strong independent woman who wanted to face the cancer diagnosis on her own; or so she thought.
She wanted to go to the surgery to have the lumpectomy without any family or friends to be there. When she was waiting in the waiting room prior to surgery and saw a man waiting. Now when they first focused on him you thought he was there waiting on a friend or family but when Lili asked he said that he too was there as a breast cancer patient.
A lot of the time men are forgotten in the breast cancer fight. You very rarely hear that men should be doing their breast exams and that women are not the only victims of breast cancer. The man was there alone with no family or friends to support him.
Let me take a moment here to say that if you have a friend or family member that is facing the cancer diagnosis do not let them do it alone. Be there for them whether it is to sit with them through chemo therapy or to feed their dog whatever you can do for them do it.
SO back to Lili, she thought she could handle everything by herself that her plan was to have her assistant call and update her family when she was out of surgery but then she realized that she was overwhelmed and did in fact need her mother and sister. When people hear the cancer diagnosis a lot of what the doctor says goes in one ear and out the other. One thing that friends and family are great for is to help take notes at the doctors’ appointments. This way if the patient misses something because it is so over whelming that someone would have the notes for them.
If you have not seen the movie you can click here to watch it online.
There is lots of way to help a friend or family member. Check out these entries to find out how you too can help:
How to Help if a Friend or Family Member Has Cancer
How to Help if a Friend Or Family
How To Help Part 2