Very interesting read, Andrew. I’m a fews steps behind you in my journey but I wrestled with making the private public especially in the beginning. My blog pre-dated my diagnosis so the question was do I or do I not talk about it? I had a lot of people in my life counseling me not to discuss it publicly: my doctor, my husband and even some friends. So I didn’t write about it at all those first few months. I even pre-programmed posts for the time I was in the hospital for my surgery so that I didn’t have to talk about it and no one would know.
But like a lot of things, I rethought this and came to a compromise. I would talk about it from time to time but I wouldn’t turn the entire blog over to it. Here’s the post in which I outed myself and explain why I changed my mind. I called it “The Antithesis of a Fairy Tale.”
I liked your ‘coming out’ piece. I don’t think there is a right or wrong, although sometimes I think keeping it inside or a ‘secret’, like all secrets, takes more effort. And I think you found the right balance in your blog between you identity and sharing the cancer layer from time to time.
Looking forward to reading this Andrew
Very interesting read, Andrew. I’m a fews steps behind you in my journey but I wrestled with making the private public especially in the beginning. My blog pre-dated my diagnosis so the question was do I or do I not talk about it? I had a lot of people in my life counseling me not to discuss it publicly: my doctor, my husband and even some friends. So I didn’t write about it at all those first few months. I even pre-programmed posts for the time I was in the hospital for my surgery so that I didn’t have to talk about it and no one would know.
But like a lot of things, I rethought this and came to a compromise. I would talk about it from time to time but I wouldn’t turn the entire blog over to it. Here’s the post in which I outed myself and explain why I changed my mind. I called it “The Antithesis of a Fairy Tale.”
http://thefranco-americanflophouse.blogspot.fr/2012/05/antithesis-of-fairy-tale.html
I liked your ‘coming out’ piece. I don’t think there is a right or wrong, although sometimes I think keeping it inside or a ‘secret’, like all secrets, takes more effort. And I think you found the right balance in your blog between you identity and sharing the cancer layer from time to time.