Supporting a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer

I thought this article was pretty helpful.  Have you seen it?

http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/caregiver-1823-143.html
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Here are some quick ideas: Offer to go to medical appointments with her, and then be her second set of eyes and ears at the appointment.  Encourage her to talk about all the truly scary thoughts she's having, and just listen and remember what's she's said.  And keep in mind that there are times she'll just want to talk about anything else other than breast cancer.  My friends wouldn't open a conversation about their lives, current events, or the local gossip, even when I begged them to change the subject.

 

The most important thing you can do is not to cry or show a clear negative response when you're with her.  This is not about you . . . except that you want to keep her going.

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Be there for her your friendship doesn't change because she has breast cancer.Do what you can to help but also understand when she just wants time to herself.My mom has breast cancer it was a shock for all of us. We would send her e-mails of encouragement in return she did up a bulletin board of all the stuff us kids and her friends sent her. I was talking to my mom before she started loosing her hair and knew the thought of loosing her hair bothered her. I suggested that she shave her hair before it started falling out so she had my dad shave her head.I would have done it but we live 10 hours away.She was so happy she did that. For christmas i bought her tatoos which she puts on her beautiful bald head.She has a friend that made hats for her.There are alot of little things you can do that will make all the difference in the world but just be her friend.
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