This will not be a long diary, nor will it be in depth.
This is about someone I met forty plus years ago when I started teaching.
We became friends. True friends. We accepted each other- warts and all- unconditionally.
I listened to her rants about eating organic; she abided my screaming tantrums at right wing policies.
But now.......
She is dying.
She has been battling breast cancer for five years now. Last month she got a clean bill of health.
Blood work- fantastic!
Cancer markers- low!
Chest X-ray- normal
Then one day last week she had trouble breathing. Fluid was found around one lung. After having the fluid drained, the biopsy showed cancer cells.
The prognosis is not good.
So. kossacks, if you have seen a friend through illness and survived their death, how do I help her?
What words can I possibly say that might make this better for her. Both she and I are not really religious, though she is far more spiritual.
I expect to spend as much time as possible with her. I just seem to be at a loss about how to behave. Strange for me, for i am never at a loss for words.
Of anyone has advice, please share.
And thank you.