If he had just suddenly died from a heart attack, instead of developing cancer, and you'd never talked with him again, would you have felt guilty about never reconnecting? If so, then respond. Else, don't.
That he is dying from cancer is irrelevant - we all die eventually, knowing that it is sooner than later doesn't change the central issue that lies between you. Either you are forgiving enough to move past that, or not, and you shouldn't feel guilty if you decide "not", nor weak if you decide you can.
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Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.
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