How Would you react if you told your other half or your parents that you had cancer. And the first response out of this persons mouth was "what about me, whats going to happen to me?. How would you react?
How would you keep going knowing that all this person cares about is themselves no matter what?
How would you maintain the relationship that you once had with them and keep going?
Well if for example a child says that to his Mother - isn't such a reaction expected? Or a Wife saying that to her Husband of 50 years?
Such news is a shock to receive and each person has a different way of expressing their feelings.
Other reasons of that reaction could be because that person is confused amd emotional - and doesn’t know how to accept such hurting news. They don't know what will happen to them afterwards or who will look after them once the cancer wins and takes their loved one away.
If I was in such an awful position, god forbid, I would make sure my relationship becomes even closer to them because I think I would need a lot of love and support from loved ones when facing my mortality.