Talking about it has been fantastic, talking to other people. In fact I learned that years and years ago when I was first running my over 50s class. I remember one of the ladies being one of the first persons I remember who'd found her own lump on her breast. She went through chemo and radiology at that time, and it was months, months later that I discovered that I had this, the cancer, and she said to me “[name] If you want to talk, I'm on the phone” she said, “You will bore your family to tears, but if you want to talk, phone, because I've been through it, I know, I'm the one to talk to, not them” and I can't... I must say that's the best thing that was ever said to me.
I've known several ladies since, in my classes, obviously they've all, we've discovered they've got cancer and I've always said to them, “I'm on the end of the phone, I've been through it, I'm okay, I'm still here, phone me and we'll talk”, and I've had some wonderful conversations. It's fantastic. It's good to talk.
So if somebody's willing to listen, let them listen, just talk it out because it clears the head. It clears it all and it's amazing how many people have known people with it or have been through it and may have the same symptoms. So again this is why this video and site is so remarkable. |
