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When friend groups struggle to discuss frightening medical imaging results

Our friend group has been avoiding talking about Sarah's brain tumor ever since she shared the MRI images with us last month. We all want to support her but nobody knows what to say, and now she's stopped bringing it up and we're all just pretending everything is normal.

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What we've seen

Collective avoidance around a friend's serious diagnosis is creating isolation instead of support.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Medical imaging and what it shows?”

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