“The world falling on your head!
".
It is in these terms that Laurie Panse recounts what she felt when she learned that she had, at 33, breast cancer.
“I thought of my 3-year-old son, telling myself that I would not see him grow up”.
A reaction that is perfectly understood by Doctor Philippe Zrounba, ENT surgeon, who explains that at the time of the announcement, "there is a kind of cerebral amazement that sets in, hence the need to meet again in order to arrive "to put things down".
“Knowing helps ease anxiety”
"Our goal is for patients to know as much as we do, because knowledge 'relieves'", confirms Professor Jean-Yves Blay, General Manager of the Léon Bérard Medical Center and President of Unicancer.
"Knowing helps to ease anxiety, to get out of 'I'm going to die in a short time'.
Because that is no longer true in the vast majority of cases.
Supported at the Léon Bérard cancer center in Lyon, the young mother is now in remission.
"I even specialized in a university degree in 'partner patients' to be able to continue to support healthcare establishments in the patient experience", she smiles.
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