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Not yet bereavement. But what I say to my cousin who was just diagnosed with (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 OP
Well, I think *I* would say how sorry I am to hear this. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2023 #1
Yikes! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #2
"I love you." It's what I said to my beloved cousin under the same... NNadir Mar 2023 #3
It is much more complicated than that Casady1 Mar 2023 #4
I am sorry to hear about your cousin. I would let her(?) know that you support her 100% in LoisB Mar 2023 #5
Wifey was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphomia AND kidney cancer within three days . Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #6
Ask what you can do to help.... from a 14 year Stage IV survivor. sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #7
Wow! murielm99 Mar 2023 #10
Stage 4 lung cancer. I don't know if she is getting treatment or hospice. 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 #8
I would just make sure to tell him I Love you and slightlv Mar 2023 #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,097 posts)
1. Well, I think *I* would say how sorry I am to hear this.
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 02:55 PM
Mar 2023

And I would also tell my cousin that I love him/her. And if they're open to it, give a hug.

Emotional support and caring are probably the best things you can do.

Such a big loss for your cousin might center mostly on feeling alone or abandoned.

It's an awful place to be, as you know.

I'm so sorry.

SheltieLover

(59,610 posts)
2. Yikes!
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 02:55 PM
Mar 2023

So sorry to hear this.

What's the prognosis & is s/he willing to undergo treatments?

I would encourage them to reduce stress, eat organic & listen to docs.

Healing vibes on the way! 💓💓💓

NNadir

(34,664 posts)
3. "I love you." It's what I said to my beloved cousin under the same...
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 02:56 PM
Mar 2023

...circumstances.

She was one of the finest people I have ever known, and I'm glad to remember saying as much.

I'm sorry.

 

Casady1

(2,133 posts)
4. It is much more complicated than that
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 03:11 PM
Mar 2023

and things can be done. My wife has stage 4 and she just had 6 treatments of Doxrubicon and another which is a cocktail. It appears that everything is stabilized. What kind of cancer does this person have?
Stabilization is what the Oncologist works to get.

LoisB

(8,666 posts)
5. I am sorry to hear about your cousin. I would let her(?) know that you support her 100% in
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 03:28 PM
Mar 2023

whatever decisions she makes about treatment, etc.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)
6. Wifey was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphomia AND kidney cancer within three days .
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 03:37 PM
Mar 2023

She beat them both. That is what I would tell them.

3Hotdogs

(13,398 posts)
8. Stage 4 lung cancer. I don't know if she is getting treatment or hospice.
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 04:39 PM
Mar 2023

She is in Texas and I am in N.J. so there is little hep I can offer.

slightlv

(4,332 posts)
9. I would just make sure to tell him I Love you and
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 04:54 PM
Mar 2023

I support you. If there's anything I can do to help, I'm here to help any way I can. Most of all, know how much you mean to me.

At this time, knowing that they're loved and supported is the most important thing, IMO. I don't have the cancer issue, I have the senile dementia and going downhill issue to deal with. And it's with my Mom, which makes it really hard. How do you condense a lifetime in a few words. Those are what I came up with that seemed to mean the most... to the both of us.

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