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How do you tell people and what do you tell ?????
Diagnosed today with Stage 1 Cancer, and already had so much good advice from this forum, my brain hasn’t stopped and now have no idea how to tell family, friends, work - do you do a Facebook status /...
It depends on your relationships and what you want to tell. My Mum decided it was her place to tell all my immediate family, even though I'd asked her not to.
I run a health & fitness facebook group, so when I had to go into hospital for the op I posted a pic of me jumping on my bed in my pj's (with the obligatory teddy bear) and let them all know, they were incredibly supportive but didn't push for information.
One of my Aunts was diagnosed with lung cancer the same week as I found out I had cancer. So all my Aunts and Uncles got regular letters in the mail telling them how I was going and what was happening. I didn't go into the gory itty bitty stuff, but just kept them in the loop so they didn't worry.
I run a health & fitness facebook group, so when I had to go into hospital for the op I posted a pic of me jumping on my bed in my pj's (with the obligatory teddy bear) and let them all know, they were incredibly supportive but didn't push for information.
One of my Aunts was diagnosed with lung cancer the same week as I found out I had cancer. So all my Aunts and Uncles got regular letters in the mail telling them how I was going and what was happening. I didn't go into the gory itty bitty stuff, but just kept them in the loop so they didn't worry.