Cycle 1 done
Hi all,
I was diagnosed 1 month ago today.
I am having TAC x 6 (3wkly) chemo first to shrink cancer size. My cancer is in right breast and right lymph node.
Had first chemo on Monday and took pretty...
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I have decided NOT to announce my health status on FB because my FB contacts are a wide range of people, and I'm a fairly private person.
I have used FB's capacity to categorise contacts and I have a 'family' group. This means that I can put up a post that is seen only by people I have categorised as family. Occasionally, I post something there, but even this group includes very close family like daughters as well as more distant cousins in other parts of the world who don't need blow-by-blow accounts.
A couple of days after each chemo session, I send a brief email to nearest and dearest, and to those friends who have stepped forward with good wishes.
A couple of my FB contacts who know my health status have reached out to me through comments or FB messaging, to respond to some of my posts (e.g. "you go girl!" on my post about being back on the bike) and I find this tremendously heartening.
I find it hugely helpful to scoop up all the love that people are sending my way. FB is one way to absorb this care and interest. If you are on FB regularly, I'd encourage you to set up a 'family' category, or even a 'BC' category among your contacts, and post something to that group only. FB is more casual than email and has a different vibe.
Good luck!
Gillian