I'm sorry to hear of your friends illness and diagnosis. This must be an incredibly difficult time for both of you. My thoughts are with you both.

The indications of illness in the progressed chart are: the natal 6th house ruler Venus, now having moved to 28 Capricorn,has been progressing over her natal ascendant ruler Mercury and has now reached an opposition with her progressed ascending degree, which has reached 27 Cancer. Her progressed ascendant has also just entered the terms of Saturn.

For fans of Solar Arc Directions, her natal 6th ruler Venus by Solar Arc is nearly exactly over her natal Ascendant ruler Mercury at 26.36 Capricorn, within a minute.