My friend has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, very early stage, not spread anywhere else. She has been offered a lumpectomy with radiotherapy or a mastectomy so it is very serious. She is understandably very angry but is almost pretending that it's not happening to her. She keeps raging that she doesn't want surgery even though the consultant is pushing to set a date. I am concerned that they will lose patience with her and it will spread somewhere else before she has her surgery. What can I do to help her? I have listened endlessly and given my opinion when asked but she just keeps saying that she wants it to go away and won't consider any of her surgeons advice. I am trying to be patient but I am worried. She has a young family and she can't seem to think of them in all this. Please help.
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