"Cancer can be a long journey, but made easier and more bearable with the support of family and friends. Employers play a big part in the journey also. Knowing we still have a job at the end of the treatment program is a huge factor of our healing."
When we first begin our cancer journey many family and friends rally around us, some know what to say instinctively, but others flounder and say things that can be quite hurtful. Of course we all know that the words are not spoken with bad intentions, on the contrary, most people want to support us.
I am going to give some examples of our fears and how just a wrong word or two can send us into “a spin” These are from my own and other cancer patients experiences.
