Coping with Cancer, Part 7 - The Cancer Patient and the Outside World
This is installment 7 of a 9 part series dealing with the dreaded cancer diagnosis.
Cancer (or for that matter, any catastrophic medical diagnosis) is a blow to every family it touches. How it is handled is determined to a great extent by how the individual and his / her sphere of friends has functioned as a unit in the past.
Some friends will deal well with your illness and provide gratifying support. Some will be unable to cope with the possibility of death and will disappear from your life. Most will want to help but may be uncomfortable and unsure of how to go about it. You can help your friends support you:
Ask yourself, "Have friends deserted me or have I withdrawn from them?"
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