When someone is ill or injured, it is customary to send them flowers, a card, or even just a text message wishing them a speedy recovery.
We normally wish the people in our lives a speedy recovery when they or someone close to them tells us what has happened to them, and we want to make them feel better.
However, it isn’t always easy to find the words to let someone know we’re thinking about them and hoping they get well soon.
If someone is facing a serious or life-threatening diagnosis, is suffering from a career-ending sports injury, or is dealing with mental health difficulties, it can be difficult to know what will comfort them.
This article offers an overview of how to wish someone a speedy recovery in a variety of different circumstances.
15 ways to wish someone a speedy recovery
- I was sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. I am thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery.
- You’re a fighter and you always have been. I have no doubt you’ll beat this illness too. I wish you a speedy recovery and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
- You’re the strongest person I know, and you will get better soon, I’m sure of it. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
- Get well soon, cancer is no match for your fighting spirit. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
- Cancer picked a fight with the wrong person. Go get ‘em! We wish you a speedy recovery and will come visit you in the hospital as soon as we can.
- I heard about your diagnosis and wanted to get in touch to wish you a speedy recovery and tell you that if there is ever anything I can do to help, let me know. I am always here for you.
- I’m so sorry that you’ve been having a difficult time with your health. I wish you the speediest recovery possible.
- Sorry to hear you are feeling under the weather. I hope you have a speedy recovery!
- It’s such a shame that you have the flu this week, but at least you’re getting it out of the way. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
- I hope you don’t feel sick for too long. Speedy recovery!
- I was so sorry to hear you had injured yourself. I hope you recover speedily and I’m sure you’ll be back on the playing field in no time!
- How are you doing? I’m sorry about your injury. I wish you the speediest of recoveries.
- I’m so sorry that you’ve injured yourself. There’s nothing as frustrating as being out of commission during the summer. Let me know if I can help you with anything and know I’m wishing you a speedy recovery.
- You are in my thoughts. Let me know if you ever want to talk or if there is anything at all I can do for you. I’m wishing you a speedy recovery.
- Get well soon, my dear. You’re always in my thoughts.
How to wish someone a speedy recovery from a serious illness
Knowing how to respond to bad news is never easy, and figuring out what to say when someone tells you they have a serious illness can be especially difficult.
You want to console them without making them feel you pity them.
It is also understandable that someone who has just been diagnosed with a chronic or life-threatening illness isn’t really in the mood to talk about it, so you might feel wary about addressing the subject up in the first place.
That said, it is always good to let someone know that they are in your thoughts and that you care.
Here are a few ways to wish someone who has just received a serious diagnosis a speedy recovery.
1. I was sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. I am thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery.
This is a straightforward and to-the-point way to tell someone who has received difficult medical news that you hope they get well soon.
It addresses the diagnosis head on and doesn’t try to avoid mentioning the elephant in the room.
2. You’re a fighter and you always have been. I have no doubt you’ll beat this illness too. I wish you a speedy recovery and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Sometimes, when someone gets a piece of bad news, they find comfort in being reminded how tough they are.
Hearing that the people in their life think they are up the challenge of fighting off an illness may just give them the confidence to believe they can.
3. You’re the strongest person I know, and you will get better soon, I’m sure of it. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Telling someone they are the strongest person you know is a wonderful way to give them a real mood boost after they have just received less-than-favorable news about their health.
They will surely appreciate your kind words.
People who are given difficult diagnoses sometimes experience periods of low mood. Try to help them avoid getting too down by reminding them how loved they are.
Wish them a speedy recovery and express confidence that they will get better soon to show them how much you believe in them.
4. Get well soon, cancer is no match for your fighting spirit. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
This is a nice way to tell someone you hope their health improves quickly.
This wish would do especially well as an inscription in a “Get well soon” card, or at the end of a sympathy letter.
5. Cancer picked a fight with the wrong person. Go get ‘em! We wish you a speedy recovery and will come visit you in the hospital as soon as we can.
This is another sentiment that would be perfect to write in a card that you send with flowers.
It can be difficult to know what to write in a card that you send someone when they receive a troubling diagnosis.
If you are close to someone who had just been diagnosed with cancer, you could send them a card wishing them a speedy recovery.
Keep the mood light-hearted by joking that cancer has picked a fight with the wrong person.
6. I heard about your diagnosis and wanted to get in touch to wish you a speedy recovery and tell you that if there is ever anything I can do to help, let me know. I am always here for you.
Offering to help someone who is experiencing health difficulties is a nice way to demonstrate that they are in your thoughts.
This way of wishing someone a speedy recovery takes a slightly more serious and somber tone than some of the proposed well wishes above.
If you know someone is really struggling with the bad news they received, send this to show that you understand the depth of their pain.
You can also send someone who is ill a good morning text checking in every so often, just so they don’t feel forgotten about while everyone else is going about their normal workday.
How to wish someone a speedy recovery from a minor illness
If someone is on the mend from a cold or flu, or if they cancel plans because they are just feeling a little under the weather, you obviously don’t need to send a card.
Instead, a quick text telling them you hope they get well soon will do.
Here are a few ways to politely wish someone a speedy recovery when they are experiencing a bout of temporary bad health.
7. I’m so sorry that you’ve been having a difficult time with your health. I wish you the speediest recovery possible.
This is a sweet response to send if someone asks for a rain check because they aren’t in good health.
Wishing them “the speediest recovery possible” lightens the mood a little and is appropriate for a situation in which the person you’re speaking to has a minor illness.
8. Sorry to hear you are feeling under the weather. I hope you have a speedy recovery!
While it is important to give serious illness the gravity it deserves, there is nothing wrong with referring to more minor conditions as someone “feeling under the weather.”
This is also a great way to tell someone you hope they get better soon when they haven’t told you exactly what is wrong with them.
9. It’s such a shame that you have the flu this week, but at least you’re getting it out of the way. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
If there’s an upside to be found to someone’s ill health, there’s no harm in mentioning it when you wish them a speedy recovery.
Who knows, engaging in positive reframing may make the person who is sick feel better about their unfortunate situation.
10. I hope you don’t feel sick for too long. Speedy recovery!
This is a quick and easy response to fire off to someone if they’ve just cancelled on you because of sickness.
It’s simple and straightforward and covers all the necessary bases.
How to wish someone a speedy recovery from an injury
Serious injuries can take a big mental toll.
If someone in your life has recently sustained an injury that is going to keep them from doing something they would love to be doing, acknowledging how frustrated they must feel can help them feel seen.
Knowing that someone else knows what they’re going through can help an injured person feel a little bit better.
11. I was so sorry to hear you had injured yourself. I hope you recover speedily and I’m sure you’ll be back out on the golf course in no time!
This way of wishing someone a speedy recovery from an injury can be adapted to fit whatever it is that the injured person is missing out on.
Whether they would love to be hiking, swimming, or meeting their friends out in town, you can tell them you’re sure they’ll be back at it soon.
12. How are you doing? I’m sorry about your injury. I wish you the speediest of recoveries.
This is another, more generic way to wish an injured person a fast journey back to good health.
Use this for any friends and acquaintances that you don’t feel particularly close to.
13. I’m so sorry that you’ve injured yourself. There’s nothing as frustrating as being out of commission during the season. Let me know if I can help you with anything and know I’m wishing you a speedy recovery.
The psychological aspect of sports injuries can take a real toll of anyone who bases even part of their happiness on their athletic practice.
If an athlete in your life has injured themselves, wish them a speedy recovery and acknowledge how difficult it must be for them not to be able to participate in their sport of choice.
How to wish someone a speedy recovery in a sensitive situation
If someone is dealing with a health situation they might be embarrassed about, you may feel unsure how to approach telling them you hope they get well soon.
The best thing to do in these circumstances is not to directly acknowledge what the health problem in question is unless they have spoken to you about it openly.
Instead, just tell the person who is suffering that they are in your thoughts and offer your assistance in case they need help with anything.
You could also even just send someone a purple heart emoji or something similar to show you are thinking of them.
14. You are in my thoughts. Let me know if you ever want to talk or if there is anything at all I can do for you. I’m wishing you a speedy recovery.
There is no need to send a perfect condolences letter when someone is dealing with a difficult and sensitive health issue.
But it doesn’t hurt to send some form of communication telling them they are in your thoughts.
This short message is the perfect way to let someone know you care.
15. Get well soon, my dear. You’re always in my thoughts.
When someone is dealing with a health issue they don’t want to talk about, it can be enough to wish them a speedy recovery with a simple, “Get well soon,” message.
They will know how much you care just by the fact that you’ve made the effort to reach out to them.
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