How can I support my friend?
One of my best friends has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is supposed to start chemo therapy within the next couple of weeks. We have known each other since high school but both of us had to move across the country for university so I can't be there in person for him. Regardless I would still love to be there for him despite him having a relatively good support system over there in his city (gf, friends, etc.) but I'm not sure how to. Obviously I can offer any kinds of verbal comfort and support that I can come up with, but I just can't help feeling like that's not enough. I would appreciate it a lot if some of you could share bits and pieces of their story or offer any sort of advice, maybe some tips to get through chemo or what helped with any side effects that might occur? Truly anything would be appreciated!
I have done my research on his kind of cancer and even the doctors gave my friend a really good prognosis so I'm mostly worried about the chemo part as of now. He seems to be pretty optimistic about everything as well which I'm really glad about, but he did share that he's a little scared of chemo therapy...
Hope everyone is feeling okay and hanging in there! Thanks again for any kind of advice :)