I had four people that I considered acquaintances that stepped up and made sure I had someone to take me to chemo treatments. They would ring and "pencil" themselves in to make sure they had me covered. I was so grateful to them, they were so lovely and I will always remember their kindness. In fact at the time I was just going through the motions, but after my treatment I took each one out separately to lunch (my shout), and gave them a lovely thank you card. One person that does quite a bit in her local community was overwhelmed and cried, I think because I acknowledged her kindness which she did out of charity. I really felt quite loved by those four people that I hardly knew, yet some others (close friends) disappeared. Them's the breaks!
I had one sibling out of five (alive, one brother had passed with cancer in 2005), but the one that took me a few times to chemo, actually announced to me she didn't know how "she would cope with seeing chemo running through me" .. I actually felt I had to support her. That was a bit of a disappointment tbh.!
We have to be grateful, because I think some people just don't know what to do, nor how to act with others when they face a cancer diagnosis. That is now how I see it!
