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Less than 3 years since diagnosis
Interview 21  

Interview 21

Age at Interview: 54
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 52
Background:

Brief outline:Diagnosed with colorectal cancer 1999, under went surgery.


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She gradually became more comfortable with other peoples' interest in her illness.

 



I think I'm quite a private person, and I think I did find it quite hard that so many people knew, but having said that it generated a huge amount of support and care and love, and the cards and flowers and things that I had just sustained me for oh about six weeks post-operatively, and while I was in hospital.

And although in a sense that, I mean I think part of the problem with bowel cancer is people feel it's unmentionable because it's talking about a part of your bodily processes that people don't normally feel comfortable with. But once I'd got over that and didn't mind everybody in the world knowing generally about the workings of my system it was fine.

And I found people were saying to me "Oh you know we really are very interested to know about it, we don't like to ask in case you mind, but we'd love to know."

And I think, I think out there, there is a, there's a sort of fear of it and a reluctance to talk about unpleasant topics but actually a genuine desire to know the facts.
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