Friends/family don't believe me

I got my diagnoses a couple of weeks back, was getting investigated for coeliac and it turns out I am stage 0/1 bowel cancer, it was a shock to hear but I know I am very lucky that they can just burn it out and I will be on my way, however, I have told close family and 4 friends, and I seem to be getting met with the "are you sure they said it's cancer" or "you don't look/act like you have cancer" and I am feeling really hurt for want of a better word. At the moment I'm dealing with really extreme tiredness and pain (and then the BM ) but it's no different to what it was a few weeks prior to diagnoses, I am starting to struggle to get through daily tasks (I have two small kids) and I don't know how to ask for help without getting more judgement, sorry this is so ranty I'm just a bit lost as how to work around this at the moment 

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  • Hi,

    Disbelief and denial are pretty common, especially if you are under 60 at an age no-one expects someone to receive a cancer diagnosis.

    For some people, it isn't believable until they've read it on Facebook or in the local paper! 

    So glad you received an early diagnosis!

    Good luck :-)

    Dave

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  • Hi,

    Disbelief and denial are pretty common, especially if you are under 60 at an age no-one expects someone to receive a cancer diagnosis.

    For some people, it isn't believable until they've read it on Facebook or in the local paper! 

    So glad you received an early diagnosis!

    Good luck :-)

    Dave

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