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When a Friend is Diagnosed with Cancer, Say Something. (Just Don’t Say What I Said.)
When my friend Susie told me she had a tumor wrapped around her brainstem, I left her an inappropriately optimistic voicemail.
We all want to say the right thing when someone we love gets a cancer diagnosis, and most of us panic, problem-solve, or say nothing at all. In this episode, I share what I learned from that very bad voicemail, from Kelsey Crowe, author of There Is No Good Card for This, and from my own experience with breast cancer: why saying something beats saying nothing, how to offer support you’ll actually enjoy giving, and why making room for the scary stuff can matter more…
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