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Present for friend going through Chemo

My friend has cervical cancer and her chemo and radiotherapy sessions start this week. Myself and a few other friends want to get her a useful gift - something more imaginative than flowers and chocolates. We were hoping to get her items that will prove beneficial throughout her treatment.

Is there anything (no matter how random or bizarre) that we could include in our parcel. Do things that help with the side effects and things that she can use to help her feel a bit better. Any suggestions most welcome xx

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Offline jules54 over 11 years ago

If your friend is on a day ward for her treatment there is usually a tv room but taking your own music can be relaxing. When my hubby had chemo he was on the ward for 8 hours and slept quite a bit. He read,did crosswords. I saw ladies doing embroidery and even some running their businesses whilst they had treatment. My hubby found his mouth was quite dry during his treatment so we had fruit jellies and mints (though he could go to the restaurant for meals/coffee etc.). Maybe a gift card to have her nails done inbetween treaments would be lovely or some good hand cream. It is lovely that she has friends who are being so thoughtful. Hopefully others will come along with more ideas of what helped them during treatment and of course a lot will depend of whether there are side effects as to why she may enjoy. A good supply of magazines could work too. Wishing her all the very best. Jules
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Offline jules54 over 11 years ago

If your friend is on a day ward for her treatment there is usually a tv room but taking your own music can be relaxing. When my hubby had chemo he was on the ward for 8 hours and slept quite a bit. He read,did crosswords. I saw ladies doing embroidery and even some running their businesses whilst they had treatment. My hubby found his mouth was quite dry during his treatment so we had fruit jellies and mints (though he could go to the restaurant for meals/coffee etc.). Maybe a gift card to have her nails done inbetween treaments would be lovely or some good hand cream. It is lovely that she has friends who are being so thoughtful. Hopefully others will come along with more ideas of what helped them during treatment and of course a lot will depend of whether there are side effects as to why she may enjoy. A good supply of magazines could work too. Wishing her all the very best. Jules
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