Her doctor told her the lump was nothing to worry about. But she insisted on having a mammogram and biopsy. I sat in his office and wouldn't leave. I was really scared, I believed that people who wathc and wait, die. Frisius says her experience is not unusual.
Women have to be assertive.
The Website has several hundred support group members and gets about 1,000 hits a month. The group appeals to peopole because they don't have to leave their living room, drive, get dressed or put a wig on if they are going through chemotherapy and have lost their hair. There's so much bad publicity about chat rooms. But everyone in this has breast cancer or has a family member with it. Some of the members have been in remission for years.