2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1. How can a family best cope with a breast cancer diagnosis?
2. The family of the diagnosed should empower themselves with knowledge.
3.The family shouldn't leave everything up to the doctor. Nor should they expect that they are going to receive all the information needed from the doctor.
When people hear that they have been diagnosed with cancer their minds instantly go to death. While the doctor is talking they don't hear everything that has been said. It is up to them and their families to look up their diagnosis to fill in those blanks.
Knowing more about something always makes a person feel like they are more in control.
4.In all four of my interviews I was told from their professional opinion, the best way to cope with a cancer diagnosis is through knowledge. My interviews gave me this answer but the source that helped me support it greatly was "Stand By Her- A breast Cancer guide for men."
5.I plan to continue my study of my answer 2 by continuing to work at the American Cancer Society, and by sitting in and working with support groups to see if my answer really is true.