Idea for Cancer Treatment Gift Box

Meedee, I’m so sorry to hear about the loss of your dear friend. She was very blessed to have had you care for her with your loving and compassionate heart.

(I’m sorry that I didn’t respond to this thread when you started it, but I was in hospital at the time.)

That’s so sad meedee , as I’ve said before she was lucky to have you as a friend, I’m sure it would have given her some comfort to know that you would be their for her girls and to have your friendship in those tough times.

Unfortunately cancer seems to have touched your life in too many ways. I hope R is doing o.k, and don’t forget to look after yourself too.

AN UPDATE:

My Darling friend sadly passed away last night. She fought so hard and at times would tell me she was scared. She worried so much about what would happen to her girls if she didnt make it. Im glad that she doent have to fight any more and I promised her that I would be there for her girls as best I could. They are lovely girls so its very easy to embrace them. No one could ever replace their Mum…she loved them fiercely.

I wanted to send out another thank you to everyone who made suggestions for the gift box that I put together for my friend and a huge thank you to Skincare Junkie for the lovely items she so kindly sent me to be included.

Meedee I am travelling and I have been having a lot of trouble with outgoing email. I just wanted to let you know that i have received your emails, and also your friend’s lovely message, but I couldn’t send out a reply. Thank you so much for sending them to me. It makes me happy that I was able to help out (even to the tiniest extent possible).

I hope the treatment goes well for your friend. Stay strong, feel loved x

It sounds like you should have boxed yourself up.

The parcel from Skincare junkie arrived and it was wonderful. I packaged everything up this morning and included a couple of the latest gossip magazines and some of the sour worms candy that the woman at Priceline had said worked for her Mum. Everything looks wonderful and all together it weighs 4.7kg so its heavy. Ive left her a message that she might want to send one of her daughters up to the office to collect it. (She lives in a caravan park so things can be left at the office if no one is home) I spoke to her this morning and she brought tears to my eyes when she said “You make me feel like im not alone in all this and that means more to me then any words I could use to try and explain how I feel”…..I told her that shes my hero with the way she is handling everything.

Thank you to everyone who helped out by putting your suggestions forward. Some of you reminded me of great suggestions that I had over looked and others….even though I might not have taken your suggestion onboard …your wish to take part and help is very much appreciated. Not all suggestions were suited to my friend but its possible that someone else might need this thread in the future and may find all of these suggestions perfectly suited for their situation. Thank you to you all.

Cancer sucks….wouldnt it be wonderful if in years to come cures were found and we could end up with people saying “Cancer?…whats that?” some disease that no longer exsists.

Meedee I’ve only just read this thread. You are so kind and generous. Have you supplied your friend with alcohol hand rub. Hospitals are germ factories and she really doesn’t need to catch a virus whilst having treatment.

Meedee I can’t remember everything people have suggested but I a friend of mine who went through cancer kept a journal of her journey on how she was feeling. I know I did one years ago now when I was learning to more or less use my brain and walk again. They have lovely coloured journal books out there and a lovely pen would be wonderful for her.

Face sheet masks for some pampering when she is at home. A nail buffer , nice shiny nails while she is sitting having treatment.

A good friend of mine has undergone chemo, a double mastectomy, radiation and chemo tablets. She is ok now thankfully, all up her whole treatment process took about 15 months. She has two young daughters. I can’t remember the name of it but there is a charity which supports mothers with cancer, my friend said she found them helpful. May be something your friend may want to consider in the future.

I cant add anything that hasnt been said but I agree with everyone else – what you are doing is kind ,thoughtful and amazing.