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writes: Hi all, I have posted here before and need your help again. An old acquaintance of mine has cancer, I'm not supposed to know, but I do.Years ago, when I was married, I was involved in a sports club, and went on not just to local levels but also to national and international levels and I taught sport as well in my spare time. My sport was a family thing so after my divorce, I left the club as did my children as well. Then I took up another sport somewhere else. I have remained in relaxed and occasional contact with my old friends since then. Recently I heard that an old teacher of mine has cancer and wants to keep it secret. He lives a long way away from me. Last night, late, I received what appears to be a farewell email from this teacher. He has not mailed me in 3 years! I replied immediately and also alerted his best friend. I can't get anyone on the phone. What can I do?
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reader, Thomas17  +, writes (5 May 2007):
 farewell letter? as in, his last message he writes for his life?
im very sorry to say, but i think it is probably too late. if it helps, visit him if he is still there, but if he isnt, attend his funeral and such.
then again, if you cant find him, pray for him in your own religious way.
God bless.
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reader, Pork Hock  +, writes (5 May 2007):
When you are dying of an illness you select people who you think would want to know. If it was a means of relaying the information so be it, but leave him alone. He told you because he knew you'd tell people. It doesn't matter how long it has been, just be honoured that he knew you'd be able to pass on something that was incredibly difficult to explain. I mean how do you write out to your friends, even from three years ago, that you are dying? He didn't want to have to tell everyone, so he told people he knew would pass on the news. Let him be, he has made a very personal choice here and don't try to contact him. It must have been incredibly painful for him to write his last testament. It doesn't matter that he lives a long way a way, the man is dying and he knows it and he has reached out to people who he thought would be able to relay his message truthfully even if it wasn't from his mouth. I'm afraid you can't do anything, just ask him whom you want him to tell the news to...
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