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As someone who just finished treatment, what was helpful and what wasn't?
I sent her this voice memo.
Hey, I am sitting in the red rocks of Sedona right now.
It's really beautiful here.
I wanted to answer your question though.
Yeah, I know I sound kind of dreamy and dazed.
Sedona is a spiritual place.
In a moment before, I'd just been sitting quietly, meditating on life and death.
I had some specific suggestions for Zoe and also a big picture one.
I found that for me, going through it,
I just tried to let people help in the way that came naturally to them and not expect things from people that they didn't naturally offer.
If that makes any sense,
like sometimes we want people to fill a role in our life that they're not like naturally good at,
but they're good at other things.
The voice memo went on for a couple minutes, but after I sent it,
we both realized this was kind of a mini episode of Life Kit.
So let's make that official, yeah?
On this episode of Life Kit, how to help someone who's going through cancer treatment.
About 39% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives,