I Don ' t Care if People Know About My Cancer History

I used to hide the fact that I had cancer. There are people who knew me for decades before I told them about my thyroid cancer diagnosis. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was a bit more open about it but I still kept it private to an extent.I think I cared more about it when I was working full time. I didn ' t want any potential employer to know that I had cancer because, even though people are not supposed to discriminate they do. If you are looking at two potential employees who have the same credentials, the one with a history of cancer will probably not be selected because they might ' get sick again ' . This is a reality all of us cancer people face regularly.Now I don ' t work any more. I have told more people about my cancer history than not. I don ' t really care if people know. I ' m am doing okay these days mentally so I am not stressed about it.My cancer history, and other chronic medical crap, isn ' t going away anytime soon so I just need to be me. Hiding it doesn ' t benefit anyone. Talking about it and recognizing it as the part of my life, that it is, is much healthier as far as I am concerned.
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer cancer history thyroid cancer Source Type: blogs