My husband knew as he was at the recall appointment with me and we had to tell the kids straight away as we had to pick them up in the rush to get to the GP before she left for the day (she was staying back to see me). The kids had been waiting at my MILs after school so that was how my husband's family found out (I don't have any immediate family still living). My line manager knew where I was going so a brief email that night covered that. The next day, I rang my two closest friends who are from different friendship groups and told them. I asked them to let others know but also that I didn't want people contacting me at that stage. Those two friends became the conduit of information for a couple of weeks until my husband helped me set up a blog to keep people updated. I passed out that address to friends, family and colleagues and I know it has been passed on to a couple of people who have been going through this, themselves. That became the way I told people things but also a bit of a diary of the last year and how I was feeling going through treatment. I think it was a really good way to deal with it as everyone could find out how I was going but didn't have to wonder whether they should ring and ask.
