{"id":23386,"date":"2026-01-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/my-friend-has-cancer-and-talks-of-ending-her-life-annalisa-barbieri\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:00:00","slug":"my-friend-has-cancer-and-talks-of-ending-her-life-annalisa-barbieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=23386","title":{"rendered":"My friend has cancer and talks of ending her life. Should I tell her family? | Annalisa Barbieri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your friend fears dependency and wants to regain control. Is there someone you can talk to about your own feelings?<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am in my <\/strong><strong>80s and an old friend <\/strong><strong>has <\/strong><strong>several health issues. <\/strong><strong>She <\/strong><strong>will probably die in the not too distant future <\/strong><strong>due to the inoperable cancer she has been aware of for some years<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She has two adult children, with <\/strong><strong>domestic and career problems of their own, but she sees them frequently, and I know them both.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/jan\/04\/my-friend-has-cancer-and-talks-of-ending-her-life-annalisa-barbieri\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/jan\/04\/my-friend-has-cancer-and-talks-of-ending-her-life-annalisa-barbieri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nRead full article at www.theguardian.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#555;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your friend fears dependency and wants to regain control. Is there someone you can talk to about your own feelings? I am in my 80s and an old friend has several health issues. She will probably die in the not too distant future due to the inoperable cancer she has been aware of for some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[13322,13323,1749,13321,13319,2473,13320],"class_list":["post-23386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-annalisa","tag-barbieri","tag-cancer","tag-family","tag-friend","tag-life","tag-talks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}