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I can't connect with my diagnosis..
Hi there, This is my first post for 5 years. A month ago, I was diagnosed with metastatic bc in my spine and rib, 5 years almost to the day of my initial diagnosis. I am perfectly well, and it was pic...
Hi @Ellamary98 - I’m so happy to hear that your feeling more settled.
I also did a trial run with two work colleagues before I told the world - one of them was really amazing, the other one cried - which I did not need - but it made me realise that I was going to get a whole range of unexpected reactions.
It was really interesting actually - could be a great social studies thesis! People who I thought would be fine, collapsed into blubbering pools of emotion and that was bloody hard to deal with - especially because they took it harder than I did and they simply could not accept that I was not devastated like they were. Other friends were totally awesome - cool, calm and collected.
Sending you tons of good wishes xxxxx
I also did a trial run with two work colleagues before I told the world - one of them was really amazing, the other one cried - which I did not need - but it made me realise that I was going to get a whole range of unexpected reactions.
It was really interesting actually - could be a great social studies thesis! People who I thought would be fine, collapsed into blubbering pools of emotion and that was bloody hard to deal with - especially because they took it harder than I did and they simply could not accept that I was not devastated like they were. Other friends were totally awesome - cool, calm and collected.
Sending you tons of good wishes xxxxx