Everyone my mother works with knows precisely what her illness is. They may even know her prognosis. But she teaches at med school, and has a daughter teaching at the same university. And she's being treated by, amongst others, a former boss. I think all her co-workers came by her hospital room.
I, on the other hand, don't want to tell my co-workers if it's a cough or if it's a headache. It's not up for discussion. And even when I worked for UCLA Hospital, still not saying. Until, of course, one of my co-workers saw my name on the board, and came to talk to me in my hospital room. Since she was running the ER (and I'd help her get it up and running) that turned out *just* fine. Nobody else, though.
Working on temp computer. Or, well, not working. Since they changed my email password, I can't do jackshit. Someone, please call me back.
eta: Excellent news, Jen!
Jen, can you tell me more details about the specifics of your mother's case? Just kidding! Good news!
Wonderful news, Jen!
And, just to reiterate, there's no info-sharing or asking or nosiness unless it's been previously okayed by the person in question, never ever ever. But the culture at my particular place is such that most people do okay it much more often than not. If they don't want it shared it isn't and that's the end of it.
Jesse, ha!!
Thx, all.
I am making pasta, and I'm going to add butter, cheese, and garlic powder. It's so not good for me, but everything else is frozen! I threw everything in the freezer so it would keep while I was away. Yeah, it's an excuse; I could thaw something. I want the noodles!
My landlord fixed my heat and ordered a new fan for it. Apparently, he's totally handy, which is fantastic. That may be a repeat post; I don't remember.
Good news about your mom, Jen.
YAY Jen!
Speaking just for me, after the cancer diagnosis and especially finding out I was going to need chemotherapy, I decided I would rather tell people rather than go through 6 months of whispering and possibly incorrect information being passed around, so I made sure my bosses and HR and a few of the associates I worked with most knew exactly what was going on, plus went to one of the partners meetings and told all of them. I absolutely think that was the right decision for me and this work place, but I was the one making that decision, not anyone else, and I would have been really pissed if someone else had made it for me.
Glad to hear your good news, Jen.
My co-worker specifically authorized someone here to disclose the information about his surgery. No one shared information that they were not legally or morally allowed to share.
And I think I'm going to have to step away from the rest of this discussion.
It wasn't clear in your original post that your co-worker authorized an email.
I am just a private person, in general, and get really upset if I am the subject of gossip. And I think that co-workers speculating about my personal medical concerns is pretty much just gossip.
