When I was diagnosed we suddenly dropped off many of the invitation lists we used to enjoy and some folks we considered good friends stopped calling completely. It was a tough pill for me to swallow - and felt like the very definition of adding insult to injury - but a necessary learning and culling process nonetheless. Sometimes people explain this behavior with the excuse that some people just dont know how to deal with life-threatening illnesses, that they dont know what to say, to do, or how to process their own emotions related to the diagnosis. I appreciate so deeply when someone gives me hug and then, without offering empty advice or platitudes instead says, I dont know what to say. Just know Im here for you. I couldnt ask for more.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 15:24:30 +0000
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