As if your hair stylist, newspaper delivery person and mail carrier weren’t enough to acknowledge at the holiday season, when you have mesothelioma, the holidays are also a time to consider thanking your mesothelioma support team. What's the protocol for tipping or giving holiday gifts to home health aides, care managers, and others who are part of the mesothelioma support team you rely on? We made a list and checked it twice with information from etiquette expert Peggy Post, great-granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post, and from the website Caring.com: Basic Guidelines Home health aides: … [Read more...]
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20 Great Ways to Help Mesothelioma Patients
If asked, everyone would say they want to help mesothelioma patients. We all want to think of ourselves as a good person. But when it comes down to really doing something to help mesothelioma patients, many people may shy away. Mesothelioma is a malignant cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Many people may be unsure of how to offer comfort and support for those coping with this illness. Lung cancer patient Lori Hope understood this. Following her own treatment for cancer, she developed a survey for cancer patients addressing issues they wanted their families, friends, and caregivers to … [Read more...]
5 More Great Mesothelioma Support Websites for Patients and Their Families
Because when you are facing the challenges of mesothelioma, more information and support is always better than less. So I’m giving you links to five more helpful websites that offer excellent mesothelioma support although the content is geared to cancer in general. In case you missed it, please take a look at our first batch of websites. And here are two points worth repeating: Always start with your doctor. He or she is your best information source for mesothelioma support because of their training, experience and knowledge of your condition. Not all specific mesothelioma support … [Read more...]
Community Comes Together to Support Firefighter
Whenever we hear stories about individuals coping with a mesothelioma diagnosis, we try to focus on the positive aspects of their lives. Scientists are working around the clock to develop better treatments for the disease. Doctors are discovering how complementary forms of medicine, such as massage therapy and acupuncture, can go hand-in-hand with standard therapies to alleviate mesothelioma symptoms. And the patients themselves find ways of keeping their spirits up while battling their illness. At Mesothelioma Circle, we are as easily touched by the stories of people who come together to … [Read more...]