The Best Way to Help Someone With Breast Cancer

I'm sure most if not all of us have had someone close to us diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of us have watched this person go through round after round of chemotherapy. Many of us have watched as their bodies were forever surgically altered. Many of us have seen them lose their battle and pass away. Whatever your experience may be, one thing is certain. Trying to find the right way to help someone with breast cancer can be difficult.

I'll fully admit that there is no right or wrong answers here. This will largely depend on the patient himself, his personality, his behavior. So, there will be some trial and error involved in your quest to make their position more comfortable, but here are a few things that worked for me in the past and are still working on that day:

1) Patience - I should call this extreme patience, because often times extreme patience is exactly what is needed. When someone has toxic chemicals pumped into her body, or preparing for surgery, they will always be alone. They can bite. I can cry. They can do any number of things that are not used for normal to offend you. Just be patient. Try and put yourself in the shoes and just be there.

1) Patience - I should call this extreme patience, because often times extreme patience is exactly what is needed. When someone has toxic chemicals pumped into her body, or preparing for surgery, they will always be alone. They can bite. I can cry. They can do any number of things that are not used for normal to offend you. Just be patient. Try and put yourself in the shoes and just be there.

...

1) Patience - I should call this extreme patience, because often times extreme patience is exactly what is needed. When someone has toxic chemicals pumped into her body, or preparing for surgery, they will always be alone. They can bite. I can cry. They can do any number of things that are not used for normal to offend you. Just be patient. Try and put yourself in the shoes and just be there.

...

1) Patience - I should call this extreme patience, because often times extreme patience is exactly what is needed. When someone has toxic chemicals pumped into her body, or preparing for surgery, they will always be alone. They can bite. I can cry. They can do any number of things that are not used for normal to offend you. Just be patient. Try and put yourself in the shoes and just be there.

...