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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/bluebirdgirl_ on 2023-07-30 08:18:15.
I (26F) have a sister (35F) who recently was diagnosed with a basal cell carcinoma on her nose. Likely due to very frequent tanning throughout her young adult life.
She has said and put on social media that she “has cancer,” and now it is “so good to be living cancer free” after her spot was removed.
Please note that she did not have to do any sort of additional treatment/chemo/medication after the spot was removed. Just applied aquaphor and kept it covered like any mole removal.
AITA for being reaaalllyyyy ANNOYED and frankly offended by her statements?
For additional context I have been battling pre-leukemia and bone marrow failure for the past two years. It’s taken traveling across state lines to even find a hospital that knows how to treat my disease and thousands of dollars. For at least 8 months I could not walk across a room or lift 10 pounds without gasping for breath and getting dizzy due to being severely anemic. I’ve had at least 25 blood and platelet transfusions. I had to give up my job, independence and career to live with our mother for support. I am lucky enough to now be in remission and living back on my own and supporting myself once again. But it was agony for about a year and a half.
Long before I went into remission, the same sister threw an absolute fit after my hospital accidentally billed her $100 (which we later got recoded through insurance to take care of) for the HLA/bone marrow match test and later accused me of only being nice to her because I “wanted to steal her bone marrow.” Even though she did not end up being a match to me and was never considered as a potential bone marrow donor for my cancer treatment. So it’s certainly not as simple situation as I’m making it out to be.