How do you tell your family you have bc

I'm about to have consultation for results of all the bc tests. Highly likely I have bc in left boob and will need a mastectomy. Fearing the worst. 

What is best way to tell grown up kids and close friends? 

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  • renate 

    sorry you had a diagnosis 

    my son is grown up hardest day of my life but he took it better than I thought I played it down saying I’m ok gunna be fine ot worked 

    good luck here to chat anytime love Lara xx 

  • That's the way to do it. There are helpful tips on sites about telling people too. 

    A diagnosis is so strange as I look well and feel well. (Do have a frozen shoulder though)

    The first sign 3 weeks ago was the hard pea size lump in my left armpit. I'm so ashamed I never checked myself regularly. There's no history in the family. I have regular mammograms. Tomorrow is the big reveal and results from the CT scan, biopsies, nuclear medicine body scan, blood test and mammogram. 

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  • That's the way to do it. There are helpful tips on sites about telling people too. 

    A diagnosis is so strange as I look well and feel well. (Do have a frozen shoulder though)

    The first sign 3 weeks ago was the hard pea size lump in my left armpit. I'm so ashamed I never checked myself regularly. There's no history in the family. I have regular mammograms. Tomorrow is the big reveal and results from the CT scan, biopsies, nuclear medicine body scan, blood test and mammogram. 

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