Hi,
My best friend has been diagnosed with tripple negative breast cancer, the outcome is uncertain and she is understandably in a very bad head space possibly being faced with her own mortality which I am trying my best to support her with. I have just found out I'm pregnant and normally we talk about absolutely everything and theres no way I would have even got to the point of a pregnancy test without her knowing but I'm so scared it will put her in a worse position if I tell her but also that she'll feel upset if I keep it from her, does anyone have any advice?
TIA
Hi ,
first congratulations to you.
It is quite common on here to see people who will not tell anyone they have got cancer because they do not want to be treated differently and often cases where they will only tell their best friend who is sworn to secrecy making it really hard for them to process their own emotions.
Your choice perhaps is to tell your friend now and risk something of an upset or to wait - if you wait though when would you tell her and how might she feel then that you had not told her earlier.
Perhaps you could talk about your worry about telling her but not wanting to cut her off from good news for fear of an upset.
<<hugs>>
Steve
