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EducationYour friend or coworker just told you she has cancer. Or she just learned that her spouse, child, or parent has terminal cancer. What do you say? How do you respond as a friend, a coworker, an employer, or as a neighbor? Most people don't know what to do, so we often do nothing or the wrong words stumble out, and it makes matters worse. What words work and what don't? What words of comfort actually hurt when they are meant to help? We will all know a cancer victim someday, and we will all know someone who suffers through it as a family member of someone with cancer. It will probably happen sooner than later, and it will happen to you at home, at work, in your neighborhood, and in your church. Cancer shows no preferences. It hits CEOs, managers, the retail clerk, and the unemployed. Teachers and students and grandmothers and young mothers will all be diagnosed with cancer. The effects of cancer on families are even more widespread. Families deal with more than just the loss of health of their family member. They also must deal with the financial repercussions, the medical treatments, and the drain on their own emotional health. Chances are that you will know someone who has a family member that is diagnosed or dies from cancer in the next year. No corporate policy or insurance policy covers fear or grief or loss. It's personal.
Should you talk about it? How can you be supportive? How can you help in other ways? What can you expect? Hope Cancer Ministry's staff deals with this process every day and trains individual volunteers and groups to work with newly diagnosed cancer patients, those with advanced disease, and families that need supportive help. This is training that you and your organization, members, and coworkers need, and it is available through Hope Cancer Ministries. We bring our training seminar to your:
Contact us for more information about Hope Cancer Ministry's group educational services.
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What does the cancer victim or family member person need most?