They do know I'm poorly yeah, but I think now they can't remember from, there was only from September to March that we thought I was going to be well again anyway, so by the March time it had come back, so they knew, then because I did tell them I was back at the hospital. I didn't say that the cancer's like gone all the way through my body and you know, and mummy's going to be, you know, terminally ill. I didn't say anything like that. It's just that we did explain that you know we're back at the hospital again.
This year we're going to the hospital, and they've been, they've been to see me have the chemo, you know they can relate too, because I wanted them to see what went on. I wanted them to see the hospital. They're very good. They took their Gameboys and sat there and played with their Gameboys while I had my chemo.
Something that people talk to me about is the pros and cons of telling children of different ages. Children who are young like yours, teenagers, adult children... How you talk to them about what's talked to you - do you have any thoughts on that?
I haven't told them, this is the thing that we, I haven't told them how bad it is which I don't think they do need to know, I mean why, why throw it at them, they don't need to know it. They know I'm poorly, they know I'm going to the hospital, and we'll just leave it at that. I mean it's as much as they do need to know and when I'm poorly they're there for me you know.
Do they ask you any questions?
No.
So if they asked you questions how would you respond to them?
I'd tell them what they wanted to know. |
