Support for my best friend

Dear All, My best friend lives abroad and has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is going to have the tumor removed on Tuesday. Her treatment will be radiation. I am going to see her at the end of this month but in the meantime I would like to send her a care packet to make her stay in hospital/treatment time a bit more barable. A book is the obvious choice but what type of food can she eat/sweets, are there any creams which might be comfortingi for the skin? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My father-in-law is also battling cancer at the moment. Feeling very helpless and angry but also want to do something. Thinking off you all and wishing you well, thanks.  

  • Welcome to the forum Suwei although I'm sorry to hear that your father in law and your best friend are contending with cancer at the moment.

    That sounds like a really lovely idea Suwei and I'm sure your friend will really appreciate it :) Hopefully our members will reply with their suggestions soon but I have found a previous discussion about this on the forum here which I hope will help, especially the more recent posts at the end.

    Our cancer nurses may be good to chat to about this as well so if you would like their input you can call them for free on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator