Dealing with unhelpful comments

Hi @Brownowl,

I had some shocking things said to me. I also had family not respecting my wishes for privacy and telling people about my cancer when I specifically asked them not too. With family I had to speak up, tell them how they hurt and betrayed me by not following my express wishes. We have worked through that now and it's ok. With some friends who said stupid things, some I had to say I needed space so I miminises my contact so I didn't hear the stupid comments. I did have a couple of people who I let drop off my friend circle. Other friends have been fabulous. The thing is this is your story, your life and you have the right to run your story the way you want to and what's best for you. Sone people will stay on the ride and others will drop off and you will meet new people through all this too. All said and done no one really knows how all this is and speaking up for yourself and letting people know what's ok and not ok is important especially if the people are to stay in your life. Best wishes x