“When I have Cancer, Don’t Tell Me Not to Worry”

When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you hear a lot of “Everything’s going to be Just Fine…Don’t worry”  The comment is  a  reflex reaction intentioned to bring hope and comfort to the patient. However it mostly lessens the anxiety of the “comforters” rather than the “comforted”. The cancer patient on the other hand is thinking ” Really..how can I not worry? Do you even get…