Is anyone awake?

[backaftera2yearbreak]

I’m so, so drunk right now and very emotional. My dear, darling colleague age 37 wAs told out of nowhere she had stage 4 cancer. She has beautiful babies and a loving husband and family. I’ve just been on a night out pretending it’s all ok. It’s not. I can’t do a thing. It’s horrible. But what should I do 😡

Enjoy your time with her as much as you can. Allow yourself some time to process then pick yourself up and be there for her- start making great memories, because that's all we are when all is said and done.

Yes, I'm awake.

I'm rubbish at advice but I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, what devastating news. You are right, it's horrible

I’m so sorry. I found out this week a former colleague of mine (and someone i chatted with regularly) died last month. She was 42. I’m a bit shell shocked about it if I’m honest.

Devastating. Have no advice really but nice to get it off my chest

That’s awful. I’m not sure there’s anything you can do other than offer to talk to her if she ever needs to. So sorry.

I’m sorry, it’s just self indulgent. I’m not dying, she is. And I cannot deal with it. She’s young, she had a young family, and we help people with cancer get benefits for a living, and my attempt to distract myself did not work at all

So sorry to hear that it's awful and it's not fair.

No, it’s not fair at all.

How sad OP, I'm very sorry. It may not be ehat you want to hear but the best thing you can do is rehydrate, get some sleep and contemplate how to process the news and best support her tomorrow when you've a clearer head. Make sure you don't text her whilst drunk, it would be a shame to say the wrong thing as a result

I do need to just go to bed and sleep. I’ve cried down the phone to my partner, not her. This is a pity party for 1. She’s the one suffering. Xxx