When a persons health care team determines that the cancer can no longer be controlled medical testing and cancer treatment often stop.

What to tell someone with terminal cancer. If youre struggling to find the right words here are 12 kind things to say to someone with cancer. You are in my thoughts and prayers. This is coming from their chest or the back of their throat.

Cancer care nurse Josette Snyder RN MSN AOCN says there is such a thing as cancer etiquette Cancer etiquette is interacting with someone with cancer in friendly empathetic and appropriate ways. Find someone you can talk to perhaps a family member or friend. Encouraging Messages for a Cancer Patient Sending words of encouragement can change someones whole day.

Send a card to let them know you are thinking about them. Let me help you with. One friend says she wanted to punch people in the face when they offered advice regarding her terminal diagnosis which happily did end in a miracle cure.

This is a document thats designed to help you fulfill. Send a few of these to remind your loved one that you are thinking of them. Trouble breathing andor shortness of breath is common in people with advanced cancer some more than others.

Do I need an advanced directive. This may help ease confusion and disorientation. You may hear gurgling or rattling sounds as the dying person takes each breath.

Donate blood in their honor. Speak in a clear calm voice and remind the person of the time place and people present. They offered some amazing suggestions.