 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | Vicki,
It can be hard to try to find the right time to tell family members. My father passed away just a few hours before I received my biopsy results, and I knew I couldn't drop that bomb on my mother right away. However, I also knew it would be hard to keep the news from her for very long. I think close family members tend to have instincts about these kinds of things, so it's pointless to try to sugar-coat the news for an extended period of time. It just makes it more difficult to explain the delay when you end up telling them.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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