Laughing till I cry

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This article: Man With Friend With Cancer ‘Going Through A Rough Time’ | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.

Found it while browsing on As the Tumor Turns, one of my favorite blogs. It’s very appropriate now, since I found a note to me on Saturday (we’d just driven back from Chautauqua and had a mass of mail to go through) in which I get dumped as a friend by someone I knew in college. I’m assuming it’s because I have/had cancer. No other reason presented itself. The note was attached to a stuffed bear and a bunch of chocolate roses.

Whatever. Anyway, having a friend with cancer can be a real bitch, I guess. I’ll let you know after one of my friends is diagnosed….

8 thoughts on “Laughing till I cry”

  2. I just can’t imagine being dumped because you have cancer. Who would be so ( can’t think of the word I’d like to use!). I had breast cancer in 2003 but had so many friends praying for me. Some just knew about me from other people. I didn’t know what the future was to be but I knew my faith in God would see me through, living or dying.
    I’m glad you are doing good.

  3. Having been recently dumped by my best friend since sixth grade for reasons unknown I understand how hurtful that is. I’m sorry that you were dumped, and all because you have/had cancer. How awful.

  4. Dang, that was funny. The article, that is; not your getting dumped. That sucks, although it calls into question the definition of friendship, and I suspect that the dumper didn’t really qualify.

    I don’t claim that this provides any balance to things, but I’m still wearing my LiveStrong bracelet in your honor, and praying for your complete recovery.

    Of course, that’s easy for me to do. It’s not like I have to, say, visit with your family in a waiting room or anything. 😉

  5. You know, it’s hard to accurately represent myself when the smiley faces are being stripped out. [smiley face goes here, as well as after the last paragraph of the preceding comment]

  7. I agree with Eric, the definition of friendship seems to be very different for different people.

    Your college friend(?) probably missed the class where one learns that cancer is not contagious.

    dibs on the bear 🙂

    hugs
    Ruben

  8. My boyfriend of a year and a half just dumped me because I found out I have cancer. It is the kind that can be treated and I won’t die. I did not get all upset when I told him..I am in shock. I am glad you have so many that support you.

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