Here's the perspective of a woman who suffered a stroke at twenty-six. That's a lot tougher than what I went through, and I'm really amazed at how she's pulled herself together after having her whole mind fall apart. Also, the name of her blog is brilliant - Mindpop.
Here are some ways not to cheer up or relate to a cancer patient. I can tell you, these also apply to kidney patients (though my own responses were generally not quite quick and snarky so much as yelling or quiet seething - I could only handle two emotional levels during that time).
Sometimes it's good for me to remember how lucky I am, and that it could have been so much worse. Then again, I'm not writing for the Hairpin and these ladies the coolest! So clearly I still have something to strive for.
[Also, ladies, if you are reading this which I highly doubt because - you know, why? How did you even know this blog existed? I am also flattered, though! - I don't at all understand what you're going through, but please know that reading about your experiences makes me feel like I wasn't a total crazy/mean/bad person for thinking a lot of the same things when I was going through my I'm-too-young-for-this-also-this-is-BS experience.]
[Thanks, the Hairpin and The Awl for publishing such great articles!]
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