Advice From a Friend Going Through Chemo
By: Christine Hammond, LMHC I must admit that when my friend shared she had cancer, it evoked vast amounts of fear mostly because my understanding was lacking in this area. But now with the advancement of many medications, surgical procedures, types of chemotherapy or radiation, various treatment options, and many cases of cancer survivors, many forms of cancer are no longer as intimidating. Yet walking through this with my friend for the first time was daunting. While each experience with cancer is unique, having a base of what is nice, hard and informative to a patient is very useful. Here are a couple of tips from my friend, the conqueror. Some nice things that happened during treatment: Friends and family traveled from out of town to spend time and just sit. The meals offered to the entire family were a huge blessing and an enormous help. She was fortunate enough to have a supportive spouse take on additional responsibilities and give large amounts of grace. The...