My 10-year-old son has recently been to pioneer week where he goes to his new secondary school for a week to experience life there. He was asked to write about someone who inspires them. He just told me that he wrote about me and how well I dealt with my operation and chemotherapy afterwards.
He doesn’t talk much about what we went through but when he does he surprises me how much it really affected him. He was only eight. Be brave, everyone, no matter what stage you are at with this dreadful disease.
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We have no idea about how extensive the impact felt by families (& friends) is, especially for the young, when a close member has endured this MOAS operation. It must be so traumatic for them too. Being brave ..and resilient is hard. Your son is justifiably proud of you & how wonderful that he does open up to you – this is an important message to all who are going through this terrible experience.