Blaming A Cancer Patient For Getting Cancer

The sad part is that once someone makes such a comment to someone with breast cancer, you can’t take it back. Further, once the blame game has been started, the patient may have been set on a path of self-destruction if they believe what they have been told. This is truly detrimental to a patient’s treatment and recovery and often holds true in the long term as well. After treatment, if the patient doesn’t lose the weight, they may sabotage their entire future by becoming so focused on the fact that the cancer will return because they haven’t lost the weight. And if the subject is never addressed with a member of their medical team who may be able to enlighten them, the risk of negative thoughts and even depression become more likely for the future.