By Laura Nathan-Garner — 2018
When someone you know receives a cancer diagnosis, you want to help. But how? We asked our Facebook community to share helpful things friends and family members have done to support them. Here are their suggestions.
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Try your best to remain open to all possible solutions and communicate honestly with the people in your life.
We each have the power within ourselves to make this diagnosis seem like a gift. Use it to weed out the toxic relationships and reinforce the positive support squad you deserve.
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I’ve been disabled and intensely ill with the degenerative neuro-immuno illness myalgic encephalomyelitis (formerly known by the misnomer “chronic fatigue syndrome”) for 30 years.
Learn to communicate skillfully with others so you can get the help you need.
Accepting help from others when you have a cancer diagnosis isn’t a sign of weakness.
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Research has shown that people with cancer need support from friends. You can make a big difference in the life of someone with cancer.