The Right Words to Say...

Saturday, December 5, 2015current mood:  feeling helpless You would think that as a Cancer Survivor I would know exactly what to say to someone who just told me they have cancer… Not at all true!  I know “not” what to say or at least what I didn’t like people to say to me.  So my My Favoritest Person in the Whole Wide World told me a few weeks ago that she has cancer.  The woman I have looked up to since I was a little girl is now part of the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer. It all started when she called and wanted to know about the BRCA  gene test that I had taken back in 2007 and what the results were.  She asked some other questions too and that’s when I just had to ask, “Is everything OK?”  She told me she hadn’t told anyone yet, she wanted to wait for all her test results to come in but it looks like she has Breast Cancer. My eyes welled up and I wanted to cry so bad but I knew she didn’t need to hear me cry so I held it together.  I needed to be strong for her.  We talked and I told her everything she needed to know about my pathology reports.   She could then share them with her oncologist.  All I could think of was, how could this amazing woman who is so selfless and kind have cancer? After our conversation, I got ready for work.  I found myself crying in the shower.  How could this be happening and why do I live so damn far away from home!  The guilt of moving to Florida sta...
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