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Losing friends because of Cancer
Anyone else feel isolated and like some friends have disappeared from your life since cancer?? I'm 34 and was extremely social before my diagnosis. Since starting chemo for obvious reasons my social ...
Agree with most of what has been said already, especially by @AllyJay - it's transitional. However, never underestimate the inability of people to know what to say - and to think it's OK to say nothing rather than put their foot in it. Some of your friends will get back in touch, when they have worked out how to deal with it all. One of the things we all learn when we have cancer is that we have to deal with other people's inability to deal with it!! Not fair, but frequent!