Ron Graves · @rantsfromron
22nd Aug 2014 from TwitLonger
@Curiouschickee @curlytops1 Just be honest with them.
Some, inevitably, will respond inappropriately - try not to blame them. Mostly it's their way of coping, but sometimes it's stupidity.
As for how to approach it on a personal level, I wish I could help. I've had a couple of years to get used to the idea, but the closer it gets (and if the doctors last week were being honest, it's close than I thought), the more I realise that it's impossible to be totally ready. For me, anyway. So I do what I always try to do - don't worry about things I can't control.
Sometimes it even works!