Friend is ill. What do I say?

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My friend has recently told me that he has been having lots of issues with his liver and has got multiple symptoms that affect him.

I have AuDHD and at the time I didn't know what to say to him. I knew that I was expected to "offer advise" or to "be sympathetic" - but how do you do that? What exactly do I say? How do I say it?

I hate when people open up to me about their personal issues (yes, I understand how insensitive that is, I've been told many times in my life), because I don't know how to act, what to say, what to do and those conversations/situations make me incredibly uncomfortable/anxious x

You could say ‘I’m really sorry to hear that you are having health issues that are affecting you. I hope the GP can do something to help or ease the symptoms. Let me know if you need any help with anything’, or something along those lines?

Thank you for your message. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I used your suggestion and I found it useful to have that response prepared before I next saw him. My friend is very understanding of my having AuDHD and he thanked me for my words. I told him they weren't my words, I took them from here. But he said he didn't mind, he liked that I had spoken them to him.
My friend said I am to thank you for helping me and that he is grateful there are kind and helpful people on this app.

You cared enough to research what the right thing to say was and that means as much as thinking of it yourself.