Hi Joshua
We have always enjoyed a good and open relationship with him including on health matters so we told him immediately after I got my diagnosis- we sat down with him and gave him all the information we had at the time. He did have questions but I wasn’t able to answer all of them and I had to admit that. I did promise that if I got any more information I’d share that with him including answers to his questions but also there was the possibility that not all news would be good - he knew this too. I know he got great support from friends and family and also our local Maggies Centre. I would say that’s important - emotionally I know it was so hard for him so opportunities to offload in an environment away from home was invaluable for him and probably that would be the case for others too.
We still do occasionally talk about it now as a family but we are 5 years down the line so it’s more a reflection on where we were vs where we are now and for that we are so very grateful every day.
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