Women of all ages are shocked and devastated when they are diagnosed with breast cancer. This is stressful for the patient and for everyone who cares about her. Regardless of her age, the mother is equally traumatized. The mother has protected this "child" from the time she was an infant until she became independent, no matter how far they lived from each other.
The mother feels helpless because she knows that she personally can do little to make the situation better because it is out of her control. This is when the daughter needs the emotional support the mother has always given. Positive emotional support and sharing the psychological burden that breast cancer causes is a most effective way for a mother to be helpful.
MSDBC emerged as the outcome of a mother's personal experience
when she had difficulty coping with her daughter's diagnosis of breast cancer. This non-profit organization helps provide ways to support daughters during the various phases of recovery, enabling mothers to provide emotional support which, for some, lasts a lifetime.