Tips For the Cancer Patient During the Holidays

holiday season brings with him every year a little hope, a little magic and a chance to memories that can last a lifetime. For the cancer patient can add some extra "Destroy" to be waded through.

I offer you the person about to start, runs, or the recently concluded with cancer a few hopefully helpful tips that will help you and your families over the next few months the family, friends and business meetings.

When I asked my wife what advice she would give the number one thing she offered was "asking for help." It's pretty easy to tell, but it is not always easy to do. Do not try to do everything yourself. Do not try to be everything to everyone. Do not be afraid that you'll be letting someone down if there are things you just can not do this godine.Liječenja cancer that I am familiar with the small cell lung cancer, this includes radiation and chemotherapy took its toll on my energy levels, as well as appetite and left me feeling drained at times and not to focus. It took some time for me to admit that I sometimes just need help putting on my socks, but when I start asking for help, not only to help me tremendously, also gave the people around me feel the usefulness of being able to contribute in some way.

accepting help take some of the pressure and stress from you and will become a very useful piece of his recovery plan.

If you are a parent has a certain amount of stress that naturally comes to us all to make the holidays happy and memorable time for our children. If your going through treatment you may find yourself overcompensating for the disease from a self-inflicted guilt influence on their children. This will lead to pushing your body harder and further then you should and could be detrimental to your long term health. Depending on the age of their children, their level of understanding about what you are going through that will help relieve stress, not only, but them as well. Be in advance as you can about how you feel. Children are very resilient, and most can cope with things better then we give them credit for, the key is to not overwhelm your child with too much at once.

Look at your level. Make sure you stay hydrated and white and red blood cells remain consistent. Dehydration is a big rival for me while I was going through treatment.

Make sure you have things you need. If you had radiation that has come into contact with any part of your throat then you are familiar with the substance called "magic mouth ', and you do not want to find yourself, without being over the long holiday weekend. If we advise you to use a stool softener do to take the medication, then do it. you do not want the trouble of crawling on you in junior school pageant.

displays the next tip. If you know you have a school function to attend, make sure you get enough rest before hand, so you can make it through. If the office parties will be ok is to inform people in advance of their intentions. "Sally, come to the head of the party?" "Yes, I am. I'll be there at 7:00 and plan to stay and visit with everyone until 08:30, until then I think I'll be ready to call it a night." Now you have set the boundaries for the look and will leave at 8:30 no one asking, "Have you seen Sally?" "I hope nothing has happened." and there should be no inconvenience to go to a time that is convenient for you. Be prepared for the endless barrage of questions you get about your health condition and do not forget that you are in a festive holiday party, and not their own wake so keep the drama at the appropriate level. It is quite difficult sometimes for people to get the right thing to say when you have cancer, let them off hook by turning the conversation your way. Ask about our children, what are your plans for the holidays, etc. You'll find some people who do not like talking about myself more comfortable then ask about your condition.

family gatherings are a little different I think you can walk into a room full of family members and just say up front, "Hey gang here I am, I feel pretty good tonight and I appreciate everyone's concern, but let's just have a good time and not worry about any of this stuff right now. "You can make your room a little different with my family then with co-workers.

the important thing here is to try out the various functions that are called the children's programs, the church, if you want to go. These things are as much for you as well for them. Will you feel like going, probably not. Will you be able to host and prepare a big dinner this year? It is not by itself you're going to have to do what? That's right, ask for help.

Do not miss important things because of something as important as the lack of hair on his head. Dame that goes for you too. You have a hat, wear a hat. Cancer is nothing to be ashamed, you are weak, they have done nothing wrong. Cancer treatments have some side effects, and that is all. People do not point and stare at you. Be prepared because you will look and wonder "I wonder what's wrong with that guy?" Followed by "I wonder how I look without hair?" However, it is usually not more than that, the passing glance of curiosity. If you survive, you must be a way out of it to begin with.

This is the time to be with friends and family so they do not deprive yourself of this pleasure, just plan better than ever before. Get plenty of rest, plenty of fluids and set boundaries.

These things have to fulfill their obligations. You may need to ask for help this year, you may not be rampant social butterfly that you were in the past.

Do not overcompensate for their disease.

Do not try to be everything to everyone.

not threaten their health for any reason. Having cancer is like a heavy weight fight, it is rarely won in the first round, it is usually decided late in the fight, a fighter who won the best prepared to go the distance. save much of your energy to fight.

ask for help, it will help the people closest to cope with the disease, if they feel useful. This is important, do not deprive them of it.

If you have cancer, the greatest gifts you can give this year are the memories. Tell your children or grandchildren stories of holidays past (please leave a walk uphill to school both ways in a blizzard story), but you share that with people you love, and whatever your fate, you will live forever.

My holiday wish for you is that it tells the story of the year to beat cancer for Christmas, many years from now for a healthy generation of great grandchildren who do not know what the word cancer.

Merry Christmas