Messages For Cancer Patients.

How to encourage cancer patients family. Im so impressed by your courage and endurance. Send a few of these to remind your loved one that you are thinking of them. Help keep their household running.

Use these words to bring hope and healing and to remind your friends and family that cancer cannot touch your soul - for it has victory through Christ Jesus. Be understanding if your friend cant see you at that time. Patients should be allowed to choose whether and when to eat or drink.

Always call before you visit. Bring a cup of tea or coffee and stop by for a visit. If the patient doesnt have trouble with swallowing offer sips of fluids and use a flexible straw if they cant sit up.

Since chewing takes energy they may prefer milkshakes ice cream or pudding. Supportive Words to Say to Someone with a Family Member Diagnosed with Cancer When you reach out to someone to express sympathy your message will be dictated by your relationship with them. When the person is having a good day plan family.

If youre helping your family member or friend through cancer treatment you are a caregiver. Show your full support because that would mean the world to the one suffering. Putting on a brave face can inspire others in your family to do the same and can make living with the situation much more bearable.

Hence family members should be integrated in the decision-making process early on and not only if patients condition has worsened in the acute care setting or when end of life decisions have to be made 48 49. Make some meals that they can put in the freezer offer to do some gardening drive them to the hospital for blood tests and appointments help with the cleaning or laundry take any pets for a walk or to the vet offer to do the shopping return or pick up library books. When asking for cancer support play to the strengths of individual friends and family says Terri Ades MS APRN-BC AOCN director of cancer information at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta.