How do you tell your work colleagues you have cancer? I'm interested in any strategies that other people have used to tell work colleagues about a cancer diagnosis. Also what your thoughts were on them. Were they your strategies or the strategies of someone else? It felt like I didn't have a model for how to tell colleagues I had cancer. No, I lie, I did have a model, I just thought it was awful and unsupportive. The model I have observed is that people just disappear. Some other ... continue reading...
Friday 28th May 2021 Plastic Surgeon
Meeting my plastic surgeon My younger sibling had returned and was stuck in quarantine due to the lockdown becoming more restrictive. They were still able to attend with me by phone. Advocate I'm going to take a moment to say how important it is to have someone else attend your appointments. They may not be able to attend in person, but you can call someone once you are in the consultation. I have never had a medical professional take issue with that, and honestly, if they did, I would ... continue reading...
Friday 28th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 7)
What I shared on Facebook on Friday 28th May 2021 as my Cancer Journal Number 7. These cancer journals were my ongoing strategy of keeping people up to date without having to share the same information again and again. I would write, and then I would get specific friends to act as beta readers, and that was helpful. Then I would post to Facebook, send the same message by email, What’s App, SMS, etc. It saved a lot of emotional energy for me, and that was becoming vital. ⭐ Cancer ... continue reading...
Wednesday 26th May 2021 Cancer Clinic
Back to the cancer clinic Once again, back to the cancer clinic to see my cancer surgeon. This time, with my younger sibling physically present, as opposed to them being on the phone for my appointments. Have I mentioned how much I appreciate my cancer surgeon? He acknowledged that I had said that I wanted a bilateral mastectomy and that he was more inclined initially towards a lumpectomy. Adjust the sails (deploy Plan B) However, with the discovery of cancer in my left breast ... continue reading...
Tuesday 25th May 2021 Left breast diagnosis
Left breast diagnosis Another Cancerversary... This time of receiving the diagnosis of cancer in my left breast. I'm sharing everything so that anyone who is following along at home can get a sense of how intense the process is. So many appointments, tests, and then more appointments. At the same time, I was attempting to move house. Here's an insight into how I was trying to arrange that. So many people had taken the time and effort to have serious, and, I think, quite courageous ... continue reading...
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