Friends and loved ones.

What can you say to someone fighting cancer. You have not already had the love of your life die from cancer. So many people are praying I believe in God. You do not have the kind of cancer I have.

You have to be willing to give up the life you planned and instead greet the life that is waiting for you. Take one day at a time. It empties today of its strength Corrie ten Boom It does not matter how long you live but how well you do it.

You are not me. If you or someone you know is fighting cancer words of strength and encouragement can help throughout the journey. In the age of email and text messages a handwritten note or card is an especially thoughtful gesture.

If you are open and honest with the person you love a simple text message or short email may remind them that they are in your thoughts. 11 Were in this together. If you try to equate your friends diagnosis to a difficult period is yours or somebody elses life.

If you know somebody who has been through cancer you can mention this and offer to introduce them but dont push it. Do you care about them. You do not know how I feel.

When you are supporting someone with cancer you may both feel stressed. Cancer social well being. Let the individual scream shout punch the wall shake a fist to the sky or whatever else will help.