What I shared on Facebook on Sunday 02nd May 2021 as my Cancer Journal Number 2. 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...
Saturday May 01st 2021 ( Cancer Journal 1)
What I shared on Facebook on Saturday 01st May 2021 as my Cancer Journal Number 1. 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. ⭐ ... continue reading...
Facebook post
Facebook Post On the Friday evening of April 30th 2021, I wrote about my diagnosis in a Facebook post. This didn't come out of nowhere, although it probably seemed like it to a lot of people at the time. I had kept what was going on largely to myself whilst I waited for a definitive diagnosis. As you can see from my previous posts, (links at the bottom of this post), I had already been dealing with this experience for basically a month. My Instructional Design team 💖 I told my ... continue reading...
How to tell people you have cancer.
How to tell people you have cancer How *do* you tell people you have cancer? That was the next question that I faced. I wanted to tell the inner circle people first. These were the people with that I had already communicated within the week between the tests and the diagnosis. I also wanted to disseminate the information more broadly, but having the same discussion hundreds of times didn't appeal. So I started the day after my diagnosis. I touched base with my manager. With ... continue reading...
Diagnosis
Diagnosis On Wednesday, 28th April 2021, I received my breast cancer diagnosis. They had found one tumour in my right breast: grade 1 invasive carcinoma.* *cancer was also later found in my left breast. Support team I had my best friend and housemates drive me to the appointment - we had arranged that I would call them when I was finished my appointment. Another friend met me inside, and they accompanied me into the actual consultations. I rang my younger sibling once the ... continue reading...
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