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CA girl
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Date: March 07, 2013 10:32AM
A woman I work with was diagnosed with a rather nasty but survivable cancer last fall. She had the tumor removed, went through radiation and other than having trouble keeping her weight up, was doing very well. Yesterday she went back to the doctor for a follow-up, hoping for the all clear and instead was told the cancer is back and they are going to have to do the whole thing again. I got a call from another work friend whose desk is next to mine last night, relating the news. This friend is close with the co-worker and was just devastated. I hardly knew what to say to her, much less to the co-worker who said she is going to work the rest of the week and begin her treatment on Monday.
Having grown-up LDS, a lot of what I normally would have said now look like insensitive platitudes. But I can't not say anything because I know we'll probably cross paths because even though she works in another area of the office, we all seem to bump into each other and she'll know everyone has heard the news. What do you say? I want her to know I believe in her - that's she's strong enough to overcome this but things don't look good and even if they did, it stinks to have to go through all that surgery, chemo and radiation again. Someone tell me what is appropriate and supportive in this situation please!!