What Not To Say To Someone With Cancer, In One Comic

As if having cancer isn't awful enough, many of the things people say ― however well-meaning ― can really sting. Most friends and family are likely coming from a good place when they offer their sympathy or advice to someone with the disease. But as artist Matthew Mewhorter, who dealt with cancer himself, points out, these platitudes often don't have their intended effect. "I don't want them to feel pity or guilt, but just be better informed," he told HuffPost. "There's so much misinformation about the cancer experience in the media and Hollywood, which has a negative effect on the way cancer [patients] are treated in real life." Mewhorter summed up the emotionally taxing experience of dealing with people trying to cheer up canc...

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