Taylor, thanks for this. I overshared a bit on posting pictures of my daughter and grandson when he was just born. Never again. But I have not considered what should be shared on texts or social media. When I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, I kept it pretty close to the vest. Only my closest family and friends knew. I opened up a bit later on.
One other piece of advice that I was given: share information about your health care power of attorney and advance directives with your family. Apparently in the past (not just the Schiavo case) the person who should be making the decisions had other family members contradicting them ("Ivan would always want to be on life support") and the medical staff didn't know what to do. I sent my directives via email to all my close family so they would know that (1) my wife would make these decisions if necessary and (2) what my wishes are.
An advanced directive is very important... as are these personal conversations about privacy. But sometimes, our caring means sharing and it's important to know where the boundaries are. Thanks for sharing!
Taylor, thanks for this. I overshared a bit on posting pictures of my daughter and grandson when he was just born. Never again. But I have not considered what should be shared on texts or social media. When I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, I kept it pretty close to the vest. Only my closest family and friends knew. I opened up a bit later on.
One other piece of advice that I was given: share information about your health care power of attorney and advance directives with your family. Apparently in the past (not just the Schiavo case) the person who should be making the decisions had other family members contradicting them ("Ivan would always want to be on life support") and the medical staff didn't know what to do. I sent my directives via email to all my close family so they would know that (1) my wife would make these decisions if necessary and (2) what my wishes are.
An advanced directive is very important... as are these personal conversations about privacy. But sometimes, our caring means sharing and it's important to know where the boundaries are. Thanks for sharing!