My best friend Danise lives very far away, and about 2 years ago she was in a car accident. I think I might have posted about this before. I can't remember and it doesn't matter anyway. I would still write this one. She got rear-ended and sustained a neck and brain injury, which has left her in constant pain, and caused numerous side effects, including some memory loss, problems with her shoulder, problems eating (she had a dormant Celiac's gene and now it's become active, doctors said stress caused it), and now vision problems. She just told me that the neuro-opthalmologist fears she may go blind.
Right, because what she needs is more bad news. I'm so tired of bad news, and I feel so selfish for even saying that, because I'm obviously not the one going through it personally. Right now, I care about the selfishness a little, but mostly I just feel like crap.
I hate that she's so far away and that I can't be there to just hug her when I don't have the words, which I definitely don't right now. I try so hard to be her rock, and her comfort, and I'm honestly glad she didn't answer the phone when I called her back tonight, because I do not know what I would have said to her. I'm hoping that tomorrow I'll feel fresh and be able to be that strong friend for her again.
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Once you have a chance to digest it, you will indeed be able to be a support system for your friend again! I'm sorry to hear the bad news though.
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