The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a good piece about two women in Atlanta who leaned on one another as they both faced triple-negative breast cancer. I would correct one line here, though. The article says triple-negative is “one of the deadliest breast cancers there is.” I would say the women face a form of breast cancer that can be aggressive but is highly survivable. Ugh. I do get tired of tired journalism that uses thoughtless language that can terrify women unnecessarily. (As though it is ever necessary to terrify women.) Especially in a positive piece such as this.
I agree with you about the language. Coming across phrases as 'one of the deadliest forms' scared me unnecessarily when I first was diagnosed with TNBC. Journalism seems all about grabbing attention and 'deadly' is a useful device. At the very least, they should define deadly. A tornado is considered deadly if it kills one person out of a possible million. Your blog and eventual book will be a good antidote to this scare tactic.