Hi, I’m not the one affected directly but I’m posting here because today I found out that someone I knew has been diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer spread to the lungs. We used to be in touch then we stopped talking and we spoke again briefly today because of this. I am hurt by this, so hurt I cried for an hour straight a bit earlier and had suicidal thoughts (now gone). I didn’t take it well and I’m still here thinking about it, unable to sleep.
I am so much into denial that there’s a part of me who think he’s lying. He said he was diagnosed in February 2022 and he was given 5 years to live. He was already stage 4 when he was diagnosed and the only symptom he had was worsening lower back pain, nothing else. He’s 41 years old.
Sorry I’m only writing because I’m devastated and don’t have anyone to talk to about this
