Dear God,
My friends are supposed to be planning their wedding. They are not supposed to be dealing with bowel cancer. What the fuck are you thinking? This isn’t how it’s supposed to fucking be, you inconsiderate fuck.
Furthermore, why the fuck did I have to go and look up the fucking survival rates? Fucking hell. Fucking hell.
Yours disbelievingly,
Simon.
Ugh.
That’s a horrible juxtaposition. I hope he/she is one who ends up on the ‘beating the odds’ end of the survival rate!
Ugh, my thoughts are with you and your friends bro.
Holy crap, life is cruel and unfair at times.
My good thoghts are with you and your friends. Let’s hope it’s a temporary situation, like mine was. I will send the same healing thoughts I used on myself! And others used on me.
All my best,
Inky
God, what a cunt. :dubious:
Damn, that’s just bad. Please give them my sincere best wishes.
If it helps, let them know I got my diagnosis (liposarcoma) in time for my first anniversary, and now two years later, all signs point to being tumor-free. The survival rates can look scary, but if it’s caught quickly the odds can be very good.
I’m very sorry to hear about your friend’s cancer. What horrid timing too. Though there’s never any really good time to get cancer, being diagnosed just before your wedding would be especially devastating, I think. Just remember, medical advances in cancer treatment are advancing by leaps and bounds and there’s a good chance your friend may beat this yet. Not to hijack your thread but I was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in 2001. After a series of surgeries and radiotherapy, I went into remission for years. While I’m not currently officially in remission, I remain positive I soon will be. One bit of advice, though you haven’t asked for it, is to try to be there for your friend on his or her terms. He or she will probably go through periods when all s/he wants to do is to be left alone. When that happens, it sometimes comes across as pushing people away, but don’t take it personally. Other times, s/he may come across as needy and clinging, which is very understandable too. Best of wishes going out to you and your friends.
Thanks very much for the thoughts and advice, guys. Yeah, I was wondering how to go about helping best - hearty "I know you’ll be okay"s seems like an abdication of responsibility, really. It’s how to be positive without being fake, that’s the problem. The results from his CT sounded promising though, so I guess it’s early days still.
Also, best wishes for your return to remission, Amberlei. I hope it happens soon…