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I agree everyone reacts differently. I have a friend who also has breast cancer and she looked forward to a visit from her mother but her mother couldn't handle it. My husband's been great but sometimes he doesn't want me to talk about it, sometimes he thinks I'm obsessing about it when I think I don't talk about it much and I always put on this I'm not really ill facade with all our friends but if I read something new, I'll mention it. so it's hard to know what to do from our (the patient's) point of view and their (the freaked out family member or friend) point of view. You definitely need someone you can talk to completely honestly about your fears, the pain or whatever but this may not be a family memeber. they're definitely scared but it's hard as a patient when what you most need is a hug.
consider yourself hugged virtually.
sarah
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