Pretending Isn'T Always Easy

Thank you John...she's a good friend...i know the odds are slightly in her favor but as they think it could have spread it would lessen the odds, that surgery was today...she texted me, she will be calling me probably in a day or two...meanwhile i keep praying hoping for better news...i have one friend with stage 3 cancer still hanging in who was a great poet and collaborator with me for many years... she is like a sister...i lost my own mom to cancer so i struggle with staying strong...but when with them i pretend to be... hugs

it is very hard.... thank you my friend... hugs

Sorry you lost your dad to cancer, i lost my mom when she was 55 to a rare soft tissue cancer, my dad won his battle with it...i have 2 good friends battling cancer, one was more advanced then the other, one lung, one breast...i try and be positive because some win the battle but i have to try not and speak about my mother, or others that lost.... hugs to you and thank you for your kind in depth comment! :)

Thank you so much my friend...try to be strong and tiptoe around the subject.... hugs :)

Thank you so much my friend...i could tell when she called by the silence and the broken thoughts what was going through her mind....i tried my best to soothe her, what else can one do?... hugs :)

so very true my friend, as you know, when you have knowledge it is harder to pretend you don't know what the end result could be..... hugs

Thank you so much Pashang :)

sorry about your battle with it but glad you beat it, my father beat his and lived another 20 years, my mother lost her battle at 55...so i have to pretend i don't know what the outcome can because she is calling me to lift her mood not bring her lower... thank you Bobby...she is a close friend, she's not being pushed away.... hugs

thank you....i seem to be THAT friend that people seek comfort from...i try but sometimes it's hard to convince someone that it will all work out when you really don't know that it will...but if the little white lies make them smile, even for a moment, i guess it's worth it... hugs

i was, sometimes it's hard to pretend to know their fate... thank you for your visit and kind comment :)

Thank you so much my friend....my friend has cancer, she calls, time is dragging for her, i try and talk about everything but to keep her mind off of the main topic of her call...i don't know how to be reassuring when i know what it can do to people but i need to pick her up...i can tell when she ends the call she isn't feeling any better than when she called, even if i made her laugh a little and forget a bit... hugs ...have a great evening Vijay!