Hi Debbie ~
I have a good friend with whom I used to work, and often when someone would ask about another's wellbeing, they'd respond not with a word of empathy or encouragement, but with a litany of their own medical woes or treatments or outcomes, or even those they'd heard of. We named this: "How can I make this story my own?" and it always made us grin.
Happy Monday,
Barb