A friend of mine is getting visited tomorrow, to find out if he’s suffering from multiple sclerosis. The chance is very high, his mother, and 2 uncles are seriously ill with it (his mother is completely paralized, 1 uncle is almost completely while the other is almost well) and he’s suffering from many symptoms.
I don’t know what I will be able to tell him if when he’ll call me tomorrow after getting the diagnosis.
I need advice from people who had similar experiences.
The boy is 21 and I love him as if he was my own son.
Wouldn’t speaking "from heart" with compassion make it even more dramatic?
I know all about the "physical issue", the fact that it’s not actually "the end" that it can be controlled, even if it can’t really be cured, that it’s not as bad as it used to be, that research is progressing but… is any of this meaningful to a young person who’s just "beginning to live his own life", starting to dream about a job and a family, with plans and hopes for his future?
And being there for him…. what for? If I was him I wouldn’t probably like to get compassion from anyone.
Sorry, I know it’s impossible to get an answer to such a question but i’m so worried and feeling guilty right now.