Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

Spirit Dancer · 07-16-2010, 12:32 AM

Wanted to share this experience here, in case it may help
someone else out.
You are your family members best advocate, especially if they cannot
voice their issues or concerns at this time.
If they've been told all avenues have been exhausted and the only road left is clinical trial.
Know that if the doctors want to keep you on even low dose chemo,
that can diqualify you from most trials. Ideally they like you to be
on a rest period first then start your trial.
When a cancer patient is already struggling with their diagnosis and the issues related to it,
you the caregiver are their best advocate.
A journal and planner have been my best friend throughout this fight.

07-16-2010, 12:32 AM	#11
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,912 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Wanted to share this experience here, in case it may help someone else out. You are your family members best advocate, especially if they cannot voice their issues or concerns at this time. If they've been told all avenues have been exhausted and the only road left is clinical trial. Know that if the doctors want to keep you on even low dose chemo, that can diqualify you from most trials. Ideally they like you to be on a rest period first then start your trial. When a cancer patient is already struggling with their diagnosis and the issues related to it, you the caregiver are their best advocate. A journal and planner have been my best friend throughout this fight. __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

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