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People who've had cancer, what kind of support were you most grateful for during treatment? What support do you wish you'd had? (lemmy.world)

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I recently learned that a dear friend has an aggressive form of cancer. She is starting treatment soon. I don't know much about what dealing with cancer is like, so I thought I'd ask for people's experience here.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I had no cancer, but know people that did and one thing that came up often is that people tend to distance themselves from them. Not in a mean way, but dealing with special needs is tedious and that is often just a cause to not do certain things. Spending time together (no matter what you end up doing) gives a sense of normalcy and can really push someone to keep fighting. Cancer is a marathon with additional sprints (chemo) on top. Not being alone through all of this is a huge help

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

John Green had a quote about this that he was saying even before his brother had cancer.

"Don't just do something, stand there."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I liked Hank Green's stand-up about his experience with cancer.

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