Take your cues from the person with cancer.
What to say to someone with stage 4 breast cancer. And then show up give a. According to the American Cancer Society ACS the 5-year survival rate after diagnosis for people with stage 4 breast cancer is 28 percent. Here are a few more conversation starters.
If you have a loved one with breast cancer there is no shortage of inspirational words you can say. You dont have to be the only one who mows the lawn cleans the house does all the grocery shopping and sits with your loved one all day. Are you thinking about them.
In rare cases the cancer may have progressed to stage 4 at the time a person. Since one in eight women get breast cancer almost all of us know someone whos had early-stage and seems perfectly healthy now. This process of spreading from the original location to a new location is known as metastasis.
About 6 months after I was a neighbour was diagnosed with stage 4. I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer 8 years ago. Theres a fantastic charity called Make Seconds Count supporting women with secondarystage 4 cancer.
Encouraging Messages for a Friend With Breast Cancer. Ask the person with cancer if they would like to talk about the experience. Dont know what to say.
Offer to watch the kids or walk the dog. Are you sorry that they are going through this. Do you care about them.