My Belief System

Boob Chronicles:
Part 2 - My Belief System

Some years ago now, about 20 years to be exact, I met a woman who would become my absolute best friend, a woman I hold a deep respect and admiration for, Maz Schirmer. Maz has taught me so much and I have continued to learn from her and I owe my personal growth, emotional growth, largely to her training, seminars and of course Creatrix(TM) and I know that I am as emotionally prepared as I could ever be for this unexpected journey.

Now it’s important that I share that this is MY belief system and I am not wanting to convince others to share in this....everyone is different, I’m simply sharing.

I am absolutely invested and that is why the conversation I had with my GP and the conversations to come were only going to be about the things that I wanted to know about, things I believe will help me on this journey. My Doctor booked me in to get a mammogram, ultra-sound and biopsy at Women’s Imaging - Radiology at St Vincents Hospital and we agreed that the conversation would go either of 2 ways - GREAT!!! or not as Great as it could have been, it’s non-benign but here’s the plan!! But it would be after April 20 to have that conversation because that was the earliest appointment available.

I am sure that there will be those who think “she’s in denial and she doesn’t want to face facts” not at all. I am very aware of what this journey is all about. However all that other information, the details....they share about the specific type, the stage and then they start using words like aggressive or whatever it might be....knowing that information is not going to help me at all because it is out of my control. What IS WITHIN MY CONTROL and ability to INFLUENCE is the dialogue, the conversations, I will have and the PLAN!

My GP is incredible, and we have a mutual understanding. She fully respects my belief system. So what’s that all about then.....well:

• You cannot ‘unhear’ something a doctor tells you. A doctor is not required to disclose every detail of a diagnosis;

• I choose not to have all the details shared, as it does not benefit me in any way on this journey;

• I am interested in hearing about the ‘plan’ and the ‘process’;

• I don’t need to know or want to know the reasons behind each test, just that it is part of the overall plan.

I believe that words carry significant weight, and significantly impact health and well-being in both positive and negative ways, especially when coming from someone as trusted as a Doctor.....that’s me though.

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