Bit of a strange one for me; a good friend of mine has told me she has cervical cancer. She's only 29 and I have absolutely no experience of this (I've somehow made nearly 30 yrs with no exposure to someone dealing with cancer).
I am flummoxed, I have no idea what to say or do for her. We live several hours away, we do meet a few times a year but I don't drive so it's not like I can just pop over. We've spoken and all we know so far is she's got it, she has an appointment coming up to discuss how bad/treatment. All I managed to say was 'Well, that's a shitter', ask how she is otherwise, and apologised if I'm ever insensitive.
How do I go about this for her? I'll sort out a visit up in the next few weeks, but other than that what am I supposed to say? I sent her a care pack a few weeks ago because I knew she was having a crap time but I had no idea it was this, shall I send her the occasional goodies or something? I want to be supportive without being patronising.