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Originally Posted by schteve_d
I guess I can consider myself very lucky to have reached the mid-thirties and have so little experience with death!
My roommate and good friend for a number of years was diagnosed yesterday with pancreatic cancer. The prognosis is not good and he was told that he has a few months to live so not to waste them on procedures that can't and won't help.
He's only 44 years old!
He is on his way back up to Fort McMurray from Edmonton today and I already feel kind of nervous and uncomfortable.
What do you say? How do you treat him? I talked to him on the phone yesterday and he sounded upbeat but I am guessing that is more denial than strength.
Any experiences, stories and/or advice appreciated.
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whatever you do, don't treat him differently.
a good friend of my brother was diagnosed as bipolar. most of his friends would look or talk to him differently. because of that, he didn't keep in touch with most of them. my brother however, treated him no differently than before his diagnosis, if anything, he might have been harder on him. to this day, he always thanks for brother for treating him as normal.
just continue being a friend and there to listen when he wants to talk.