Article on Breast Cancer

When I was browsing the internet, I came across an article called "Is my breast cancer upsetting you?" by Diane Mapes. The article talked about how sometimes women who are diagnosed with breast cancer end up being the ones who have to do the comforting. People are so overwhelmed by them having breast cancer they do not know how to react; therefore, they may react very negatively. The article then goes on to tell some ways women with breast cancer can approach telling others their bad news. 

I think the article touches on a very important issue that most people do not even think about. I can't even imagine what the women who have breast cancer have to go through with just having it much less the emotional ride other people take them one. 

I feel the article was well written. As a reader I could feel connected to the women who were mentioned in the article and understood the point the writer was trying to make. Through the article I got a glimpse at dread or stress the women who have breast cancer are having experience when it comes to telling their families and friends about it.

I know from a first hand experience women who have it have a very hard time telling people. This past summer my mother found out she had breast cancer. When she first found out that she had a lump in her breast that might be cancer she didn't tell anyone about it (not even my father who she never keeps anything from). She didn't let us know anything till she knew for a fact she had it. Even then she had a hard time telling people.  I think the article captures this stress and anxiety very well. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26959103/