However cancer can be isolating and showing your support and keeping in touch is always better than staying away.

What not to say to someone diagnosed with terminal cancer. I dont wish what hes going through on anyone and have sympathy. That can make them feel uncomfortable and insecure the exact opposite of what you wanted to do. If someone you know is going through this know that your support is valued.

They will have felt your love and concern and they will have seen that you care. Some people fear saying the wrong thing and upsetting people affected by cancer. We all understand that the impulse to offer advice or stories of cures comes from a place of caring.

As the days and weeks go by your friend or family member will gain much needed positive momentum. Someone you love or just know casually is going to be diagnosed with cancer. For the person with the disease this probably is.

With that said there are a few sentiments you might want to stay away from. Although people say this with good intensions it only brings the cancer patients attention back to the fact that they have no hair. He seems to want some contact with me.

It pushes one to live - Marcia Smith Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. What to Say to Someone Who Has Cancer. Even if it goes quiet for a time try not to be afraid of the silence or feel you have to fill it.

Do not feel you have to talk about the cancer. You want the ill person to get better and you have an idea that might help. My estranged Dad we have only spoken twice in 30 years has informed me that he has terminal cancer.