I'm working on year three as a cancer survivor and all is well!
I've become the go-to person for cancer treatment gift giving ideas. I thought this might be useful info to share with the world! These are things that I found helpful, they may or may not be appropriate for all.
SURGERY gifts...
- shawl or short soft sweater
- lip balm
- nice face cream
- vitamin E oil (good to rub on and reduce scars)
- soft tissues
- socks with the little sticky things on bottom to not slide
- hard candies
- lap desk
- blank notebook and/or pocket calendar to track doctors appointments
- thank you cards and stamps
- fun, spring garden or travel magazines
CHEMO gifts...
- big water bottle (side effects less intense if you super hydrate)
- lemon juice or alternate to flavor water
- ginger candy and ginger tea (great to combat nausea)
- hard candies for sore throat, chemo mouth
- lap blanket, travel pillow (although hosp blankets/pillows available)
- snacks, nuts, fruit, etc to bring on chemo day
- things to do during chemo, puzzles, magazines, knitting supplies, etc
- super soft hats, pretty scarves
- nice eye pencil to add detail when the lashes and eyebrows are gone
- mineral powder, big soft brush (blending face to hairless glowing orb)
- fun food coupons for the ride home (I'd crave milkshake or burger)
- nice shoulder bag to lug things to/from the chemo appointments
RADIATION gifts...
- Aquafor ointment, vitamin E oil, and sometimes olive oil for skin
- pretty hot or cold cup (daily ride to hospital)
- champagne to celebrate end of treatment!
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6 comments:
Lovely idea here surely.When someone has been infected with cancer you have to be careful and sensitive and give a little more love and kindness to him or her.Because what medicine can not do you can with this little support.
I read about your blog and It inspired me that there must be some cure, still hidden from world and after hours of search on internet and books I finally found a very unique article written on breast cancer which tells me that breast cancer is curable. I found it useful but I believe that it can cure you, at least give it consideration http://stay-healthy-and-energetic.blogspot.com/2011/03/cancer-of-liver-bone-and-breast-cancer.html
Nice to know those possible gifts for a cancer patients. I admire you because you has a strong faith in your self and in God, you can really survive for it.
Good that you can think up such nice gifts.It is very kind to stand and support a cancer patient so that he or she can fight it better and that is what is needed for the disease.
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