A very close family member has been told they have stomach cancer today, but ive been asked not to tell my sister by my parents until they have had another scan to determine the extent of it, which will be in the next two weeks.
On the one hand my sister is 7 months pregnant, is in alot of back pain and has a terribly irritable toddler so sleepless nights - the news will hit her hard like it has me, but on the otherhand, I know her well enough to know she will be more than a little hurt if she is the last to know by some margin.
I see three options - dont say anything, tell her enough to ask a targeted question that will reveal all most likely if she speaks to them, or tell her and prepare the ground as my mum has already said she couldnt sum up the words to tell her over Skype.
Any advice, im quite torn on my loyalties and im sure some of you have had to do something similar. My instinct is that everyone should know but its not me that has the cancer.
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