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# The Good Samaritan redux
- URL: https://www.iqra.ca/2009/the-good-samaritan-redux/
- Published: 2009-05-22T16:58:16.000Z
- Updated: 2009-05-28T17:42:01.000Z
- Author: iqradotca
- Tags: Lifestyle, The Good Samaritan redux, Uncategorized

![](/content/images/wordpress/2009/05/the_thumbs-up_position-115x165-custom.jpg "thumb")A little more than 10 ago, just after I’d been diagnosed with cancer, my wife and I moved to a new residence. As word of my disease spread, friends started calling less and less, or not at all. Some would ask if they could help, but never followed through. Others offered excuses, but still stayed away. It was tough but we understood: Cancer scares people. [(READ MORE)](http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/letters/Good+Samaritan+redux/1334150/story.html?ref=iqra.ca)