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I can relate somewhat. My daughter (who was 23 at the time) was rather cool and collected when I was diagnosed 3 years ago and had surgery. While I knew she was rather mature for her age, I felt she wasn't acknowledging many things. Sure she cried, but she was different in some ways. While she couldn't do enough for me and was hovering quite a bit, paradoxically I felt that she had pulled away. I found out that she was really opening up to my sisters and asking them the tough questions and trying to get them to promise her that nothing would happen to me, which they couldn't do. She felt she should put on her brave face for me and not hit me with the questions, statistics, etc. Once I learned this I talked to her and then she felt like I could handle any of her questions. She stills gets a little concerned and wants to know why I'm on this site, why I was looking up some medical information, etc.
Maybe your daughter feels she has to be "brave." Hang in there with her, you'll find out at a later date why she seems to remove herself. Maybe it's for her own preservation. Take good care.
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