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Kingmaker247 · 26/02/2018 04:54

Hi, full disclosure: I'm a 19 year old male medical student, and nowhere near ready to be a parent and this is my first time on here. My reason for joining mumsnet is because I need some advice! Recently, One of my best and closest friend's parents was diagnosed with cancer. She's the sort that doesn't really want to talk about her feelings but I can obviously tell she's not alright (not that anyone would be in that situation). I just want to be a supportive friend and make sure she doesn't feel alone but I don't know how to go about doing that since she's acting like she's completely fine and I don't want to push incase I make her feel worse. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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nether · 26/02/2018 06:16

There isn't anything you can do IYSWIM, other than do what you're probably already done, which is to be a friend and to take her lead on whether and when she talks about her parent's health directly. Sometime you need people with whom you don't talk about cancer.

This is also a usefulmarticle to read:

articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407

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