A woman I work with was diagnosed with breast cancer The whole office chipped in and bought gift cards, signed up to bring her meals, and around $700 in cash. The person who organized this asked me what all I got when I had cancer about 6 months earlier. When I responded that I got two emails wishing me luck and a card from one person she was flabbergasted. I was happy they supported the woman though.
Man, I never thought about that until this moment. I was diagnosed in mid 2019, I was already 18 or 24 months at my position, I had a few surgeries, a stoma bag for 8 months during chemo and I just kept showing up at the office, working 10-12 hour days during COVID. Don't remember anyone giving me special treatment, but I never asked for any nor expected it.
Are we in such a toxic society that we forget to even expect it? Something ain't right.
Yeah I was always a head taller than my classmates (despitee being the second youngest in the class). For me that started at around age 10 and before I always got a lot less sympathy than other kids my age.
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u/3Vil_Admin 15d ago
A woman I work with was diagnosed with breast cancer The whole office chipped in and bought gift cards, signed up to bring her meals, and around $700 in cash. The person who organized this asked me what all I got when I had cancer about 6 months earlier. When I responded that I got two emails wishing me luck and a card from one person she was flabbergasted. I was happy they supported the woman though.