Breast cancer is scary, but having depression is, or can be, much harder to deal with. This I know firsthand. While that is my personal experience, I’ve also heard it from other people. The reasons for this difference are many. Breast cancer has always been disfiguring and frightening, with fewer good outcomes in the past than there are now. Treatment options are better today and it’s no longer a guaranteed fatal illness. (ten year survival[…]
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