There isn’t anything you can say to make it better. If there was, then cancer wouldn’t be a big deal.
Loved ones, friends, doctors and nurses: be with us, if you can. Sit alongside us in our pain. I know it’s hard. That’s why it means so much.
#cansky #graphicmedicine
Loved ones, friends, doctors and nurses: be with us, if you can. Sit alongside us in our pain. I know it’s hard. That’s why it means so much.
#cansky #graphicmedicine
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I plead guilty to when not knowing what to say or do, I stay quietly away. And I'm sorry.
The patient can also hide within their own thoughts and fears and find it very difficult to engage ... even with those they love the most.
I've somewhat understood that what she needed was someone to NOT talk to her with sympathy as it was making it harder for her to deal. She's the type that needs to process tragedy in pieces.
It was perfect. ...Still brings tears to my eyes almost 30 years later.
https://youtu.be/sVPVbc8LgP4?si=5sURu1nfkTkPzvps
Hopefully it will be just surgery for me
If you know others who are undergg trtmt now, pls consider telling them abt Mayo Connect--free mssg brds, under auspices of the Mayo Clinic, for dozens of diff. diseases. I've gotten a lot of useful info, from copng w/ side effects to posts abt med-journal articles. Best wishes.
Each visit that says "Looking good!" makes me joyous and hopeful.
Cancer sucks, but I have refused to let it ruin my life.
You never forget the health care professionals who take a little time just to chat, or give advice late at night when the abyss seems to close.
the Clinic I go to has one sister who looks after you when you go through those tests and shit. She is always with you, your family is in contact with her, she is fantastic.
He left and a few minutes later, as I quietly cried, a woman poked her head in and said "I wondered if you needed a hug?".
I nodded. It was nice to not be alone for that couple of minutes.
And say I see you
We often forget our patients and family are not in the medical field and need things explained without being talked down to.
If your cancer team seems not to care, find another.
I was a pool of tears when I rang the bell at my last treatment and everyone and I mean everyone in the center came out and applauded.