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People who've had cancer, what kind of support were you most grateful for during treatment? What support do you wish you'd had? (lemmy.world)

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I recently learned that a dear friend has an aggressive form of cancer. She is starting treatment soon. I don't know much about what dealing with cancer is like, so I thought I'd ask for people's experience here.

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[-] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

I’m currently going through chemo treatment. I’ve been very lucky so far since I had very mild side effects and my chemo protocol is very intense. In my opinion, the best thing you can do is be available for visits whenever she has the energy for it. My godmother also went through a harsh treatment and multiple surgeries, and she said she felt constantly lonely, and even though I’m a very “home” person, I also miss seeing some friends a bit more than usual.

If you want to ask anything feel free to, I don’t mind talking about it.

this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2024

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