Her Husband Accused Her Of “Gleefully” Telling People Her Cancer Diagnosis After They Dismissed Her Concerns, But She Was Just Glad She Finally Got An Answer
This 34-year-old woman believes that she has always just been a “filler person.” When she was younger, her parents clearly had favorites– with her mom favoring her younger sister and her dad favoring her younger brother.
Then, when it came to friends, she felt like she was always ignored in group settings. This happened at work, too, and coworkers would seemingly disregard her– even forgetting her birthday.
She did not get asked out on dates a lot, either. And sadly, since this disregard has been such a common theme in her life, she has just gotten used to it.
“As a result of being this agreeable, filler, boring person, I think the people around me don’t realize that I’m a real person who has needs like everyone else,” she said.
One prime example of this was when she began feeling chest pain and coughing constantly. The few people she spoke to about this issue all told her that it wasn’t a big deal and believed she would be fine. They claimed that, since she had never complained in the past, she would be okay.
She really took this to heart, too, and second-guessed telling anyone that she didn’t feel great. She even began wondering if she had made the condition up in her head.
“It took me a long time to actually tell the doctor my symptoms because I thought I was overreacting,” she recalled.
“But I had to get checked out.”
Well, she wound up being diagnosed with Stage 2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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She is still very independent and has been dealing with this alone.
She drives herself to her doctor’s appointments, picks up her own medications, and deals with her doctors and insurance.
She has not slacked at work or around the house, either. If anything, she’s actually begun to work harder.
Just yesterday, though, one of her coworkers asked for her help moving as a favor. And she was forced to turn her colleague down since she had a doctor’s appointment that day.
Her coworker wound up pressing her for more details, too, so she admitted to undergoing treatment for NSCLC.
“I didn’t want to give more information than that,” she added.
Nonetheless, when her husband found out that she shared her diagnosis with her coworker, he accused her of doing so “gleefully,” as if she was actually happy about having NSCLC.
And while that isn’t true at all, she pointed out how finally having a diagnosis, at least, did make her feel better.
“I told him I’m happy to be diagnosed because it’s proof for myself that I’m human with needs like everyone else,” she explained.
“I’m not crazy, and it’s not in my head. I don’t want attention from others. I cried and felt relief at the same moment.”
Regardless, her husband claimed that she shouldn’t be “acting like that.” He’s also been quite touchy about other random things.
So now, she’s not sure whether “gleefully” telling people that she was diagnosed after they all dismissed her concerns really made her a jerk or not.
Can you understand why she was at least glad to finally have an answer about her ailments? Why do you think her husband was upset that she shared her diagnosis? Is she in the wrong?
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