Hi Anita,

Thanks for taking the time to write to me again, I do appreciate your inputs. I think your assumptions are somewhat true but even so she wouldn’t want to admit that, and could get her back up. I think a better way to approach it would be to tell her that I want to support her when I’m in a position to do so. She knows I care but maybe that is the issue, she doesn’t see how I can get her out of the life she’s stuck in.

I’ve decided I’m going to ring on Monday, talk a bit and then ask if she’s OK to meet this week or on the day of my scan. If she says she can’t, then I’ll have the conversation with her then. That way I get an answer either way, and I’ll have a friend.