The Big C/My life without me

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Well I remembered recently a movie I'd watched a couple of years ago. Its lovely and I hugely recommend that you watch it. Very touching and heartfelt. Anyway its about a very young family, without much money, and the young mother finds out that she has cancer. She decides not to tell anyone else and instead lives out the little time she has left to the absolute fullest with her kids and husband. I loved the sentiment of the movie, and the selflessness of the mother in it. I'd hope that if I were ever in that situation, that I would have the strength to pull myself through without upsetting those around me. My question is, if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how do you think you would handle it? Would you keep going and not tell anyone so that your remaining time would be happy for you, and not filled with sadness for your family, or would you tell people to give them chance to help you, and for them to begin grieving so that they will not have too much of a shock when your time is up? I think its quite a hard dilemma to decide on.