first ever post

So I have been deciding whether to open up this blog, whether I wanted to tell, if I really wanted you to hear. The thing is, we all have at least one story to tell, and telling it could help other people and make you feel a little better too. You see, my Nan died from cancer last February - which started off from breast cancer and developed, and now my mum has breast cancer.

When I found out my mum may have it, I took straight to the internet, I wanted to hear other peoples stories, but it was just coming up with chat rooms with people talking publicly. I didn't want that, I wanted to actually read some peoples stories who may be in the same place as me but I couldn't find what I was looking for. It was then that I thought, if I am looking for it, surely there are other people out there looking for it too.

So here I am, I am going to tell you my stories, tell you what's hard, how everything's going, whats nice, basically, I'm going to tell you as much as I can. And what would be really nice, is if you have a story you can tell too, that you could publish it on here to share with other people too. It really does help to hear how other people are dealing with things, survival stories, what you found hard, how you coped with it etc.


I will tell you a little bit now, so you know what I'm writing about in future posts. I am 18, I was 17 when my Nan died. My mum is my best friend, she's always been there for me. When I was bullied all through school, she was always there for me, shes supported me and she's showed me how to care, she is one of the most caring people I know. It was about 2 weeks ago she found a lump in her boob, she went to the doctors and they said she should be checked out in hospital just in case it was cancer, although they said it could just have been a cyst. But it's ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry. She went to hospital to have some tests and had to wait a week for the results. It turned out she did have breast cancer, so she was booked in for an operation.

That is the basics of what has happened, but I will be filling you in on details, how things are going and everything else. Random posts that I may find inspiring, emotional factors, how to cope and all that. We was close to my Nan, so having her get really ill was really hard for her and us. I will tell you as much as I can about as much as I can to give you hope and even if you have a family member or even a friend who has cancer. Because it can change everything, they and you may not no how to deal with things.

I hope this blog will be a help to people who need it, and I encourage you to share anything you can with the community to help other people to. If you would like it to be anonymous, please state *anon at the end.

If would like any advice, would like to ask things please don't hesitate. I'm no expert but I can give my opinion or help out in any way I can. Again if you don't want your name put to it then please state *anon at the end. If you have a story you would like to tell and have featured on this blog then you can also email mum.cancer@hotmail.com and I will get back to you asap.

Samantha 

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