Cancer Lesson #10: It’s okay to share your story on social media (if you want to).
It’s a surprisingly effective means of sharing the news of your diagnosis and updates about treatment.
God knows, I never thought I’d break such horrible news to most of my friends via Facebook.
I mean, be serious. How freaking impersonal would that be?
Not very impersonal at all, as it turned out.
You see, I didn’t want anyone to think they were being underhanded if they shared my news. My getting cancer didn’t seem to warrant that kind of secrecy, and by broadcasting it on Facebook, I was sent the message that it was okay to tell people who might want to know.
So, after I told my family, my closest friends, and most of my co-workers, I put the news out there on good ole’ FB, and it worked out pretty darned well.
By the time I went into surgery, I think I was on every prayer chain in a two hundred mile radius. I know I had the support of everyone I knew.
Laugh if you will. I know my speedy recovery was due in part to those prayers, healing thoughts and good karma
Soon afterwards, I began blogging about the experience in what eventually became the cancer lessons you’re now reading.
But this type of public sharing isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay too. One thing I learned again and again is cancer is different for everyone.
Keeping A-Breast: Cancer Lessons 