person A: I had a cancer scare last year.  My doctor found a strange mole. I had to wait a week for the biopsy to come back.  It was a long wait!
person B: I can't imagine what that must have felt like. What helped you get through it?
person A: Xanax!  Just kidding.  I didn't have much help dealing with it because I didn't tell anyone.
person B: At least you kept your sense of humor! 
person A: In retrospect!  I was pretty freaked out.  My family was mad at me for not telling them_comma_ but I didn't want them to worry.