Posted by PinkRibbonAmy on 7/11/2005, 6:33 am, in reply to "Recently diagnosed"
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I'm really sorry to gear about your mother. I think there are ways that you can approach your friends and get their support without overburdening them. They're your friends and they do want to know what's going on with you and to be there for you. If you don't make your mom's illness the focus of the relationships and don't expect them to be substitute therapists or grief counselors, that should be a good balance for you. Your mom's oncologist probably has a social worker you can talk with where you can deal with the "heavier" parts of her illness. Osurd, another poster here is going through the same thing with her mom and lung cancer.
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