My mother blames me for my cancer diagnosis
Sigh. The title is exactly as it sounds. I (26f) have always had a hot and cold relationship with my mother. Recently we had been getting along quite well and spent a lot of quality time together following my recent lumpectomy. Today, she flipped a switch and said that she firmly believes the COVID vaccine I got while in college is the cause of my cancer. For context, I’m a teacher and my internships were during COVID, so the vaccine was mandatory. My mother claims I chose my career over my health and that she would have NEVER done such a thing.
We argued for quite awhile but some highlights include her implying that I was somehow too stupid to realize the government was fooling me. When I pointed out that I can’t exactly unvaccinate myself and asked what I’m supposed to do about that now she goes ‘well nothing but you should listen to me and the facts next time’.
My mother has been a conspiracy theorist for quite some time now but I never thought she’d point the finger at me over an issue still so fresh (I had just completed 6 months of chemo before my lumpectomy) and precarious (we don’t know if I have clean margins yet or not). I’m absolutely blown away at the insanity and tone deafness over these claims. Im also just heartbroken. When you’re sick all you want is your mom but I don’t know why mine has to be the way she is.
*Edit: Thank you for all your kind words. I’ve tried to respond to everyone thus far.