What to give a Cancer Fighter?

• a "Chemo Sucks" button
• a button that read Cancer Sucks
• A day off of Cancer-unrealistic though
• A holiday
• A hug and a shoulder to cry on or a sounding board with no voicej
• A maid
• A New Puppy!
• A personal visit!
• a smile
• A vacation that has nothing to do with cancer.
• a vacation to let me forget everything
• a walk with a tiger
• Accepting love from others
• acts of kindness - paying it forward
• already give
• Amazing Friends
• An electric can-opener! I really only have an old time can opener and it hurts my hands.
• any donation would be a gift from God
• anything..especially prayers
• Babysitting
• Be there.
• Books, hats, scarves
• cake and cleaning (although i'd never admit it)
• Call me sometimes
• Call. Be supportive. Care.
• Cancer ribbons to advocate for CANCER AWARENESS
• cards=vanilla candles=books to read=
• Caring is good enough
• Cash is Great! :)
• Cleaning Lady- LOL- Love & Hugs
• company, cleaning, meals
• Company, good books or movies, chocolate good too!
• Compassion.
• Continued prayers and positive thoughts
• crude - but money is always an issue thru increased bills and decreased earning capacity
• dinners, comedy DVD's.
• Donate money to Susan G Komen or The american Cancer Society & BFAC
• donate to blog for a cure, this is a great outlet for patients
• Donation to my medical costs, http://sherristrader.com
• Donations can be made in Linda Reilly's honor to the Denver Dumb Friends League (ddfl *dot* org)
• donations to american cancer inst.
• ears to listen and arms to hug
• Emotional support is key. Offering a "listening" ear, a hand to hold or a shoulder to cry on helps. Also, see the cancer patient as the person you knew them to be before they were ill, as opposed to seeing them as a "sick" patient. I did not want others to feel sorry for me, nor did I want them to cry. I wanted to be treated as I always was - a feisty, warm, intense, smart and lively person - and not a woman undergoing surgery and radiation. Laughter is key. Sharing daily life with the patient. Honestly, I got tired of talking about my experience...I wanted to hear dirt!! LOL
• faith in God
• Family
• finances, berries,visiting, just anging out to play board games like scrabble.
• financial
• Financial Assistance
• Fleece blanket made by loved ones
• Flowers on a bad day. Taking me out on a good.
• Flowers, cards, anything sent to my mom.
• Friends have been a great help
• friendship, love, prayers
• Get informed of what it really is.
• Get screened and be your own advocate...You know your body better than anyone. Do not trust that evryone medical NP or GP knows everything. If you feel they are wrong then push for more testing on your behalf!
• Gift Cards for Restaurants, fuel, and for miscellaneous health related needs. I do have a needs list prepared if people want to send me items that I need for my walk such as Fusion Razor blades, Hearing Aid Batteries, Shampoo, ect.
• Gift cards to eat out...books, pjs. kind words.
• Give to Cancer
• Go to My blog and click the donate button at http://cancersucksass.blogspot.com
• God never wastes anything! Everything can have a GOOD purpose.
• Good energy and prayers
• Have to think about this one
• Having "the best" cancer. If you can really say those words in the same sentence.
• Help doing our kitchen reno
• help me pay to get kids passports
• help rebuilding my front porch...its about to fall down and we chose for me to spend our money on my health instead of our front porch...
• Home cleaning help, yard work
• Hope, love and medical care.
• Hope, love, support and encouragement but most of all PRAYER
• Hqeadcovers.
• http://champions.chordomafoundation.org/pages/351
• HUG'S
• Hugs
• Hugs! I luuuhhhvvv them
• huh?
• I am raising money to pay for my treatments here : www.fundly.com/SarenaPerezcancerfund
• I have no family, just my Husband and he doesn't understand how I feel. He could listen to me more and try to understand me, it would also be nice if he would touch my reconstructed breasts. I have no close friends.
• I want drive a race car as fast as I can
• I was given 6 mos. worth of Enfamil, which eased the pain from having to stop breastfeeding my then 6 mo. old. I'd like to continue that.
• i will tell you
• I would love some of the pretty hats and scarfs in the "TLC" booklet
• I would love to have a new uterus! Please check garage sales!
• It makes you reassess priorities to find what is really important.
• It would be a great gift Not to have it! :-) Greatest gift? I've learned to appreciate life a LOT more!
• Jokes and laughter
• journal to keep thoughts in
• just spend quality time with me - let's go to lunch, take a road trip for the weekend, go shopping. Just spend time with me :)
• Just their love!
• Just to be there for myself and family
• Just what I am getting tons of love and support
• Kindle Fire
• knowing that my time is limited
• Knowing that when this road is traveled, I will live every day to the fullest! This is my promise to myself!
• Laughter and hugs, help with my dogs daily care.
• Laughter...and a good crockpot recipe. :)
• Laundry service :)
• lend an ear when I speak
• Life -- being able to share my testimony with others
• LISTEN
• losing fear and doing things I never would have done
• Losing my hair, and finally seeing the true inner beauty of myself.
• Lots of support and patience
• Lots of support and their love
• Love
• love and faith
• Love and laughter..
• Love and Prayer and caregiving
• Love and Support
• love and support patients
• LOVE AND SUPPORT!
• LOVE from my family -A greater POSITIVE attitude from me and a Hot Air Balloon Ride from my sister.
• Love, gift cards, cook dinner, help with housework and daughter.
• Love, support, and prayers.
• Love, walks, beautiful handkerchiefs, funny cards, soup, cookies, chemo parties, vacuuming, book "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollen, ginger candy/cookies, small spiritual gifts
• make a couple cancer jokes with me and i'll be happy.
• MONEY
• Money, Music (christian, country or one republic)
• moral support
• More time
• Movies, Books and Aromatherapy. Smells can remind you of better days.
• mt dew and slim jim anytime of day. :)
• My friends have provided meals for my family and did chores around the house. Awesome!
• My two best gifts after colostomy were a microwavable purple hippo I named Lola to use as a heating pad and a colorful fuzzy blankie
• New cars, shopping sprees in Milan, the usual.
• No gifts for me, but it would be nice if they would take the time to stop and appreciate the smaller things in life.
• No gifts, just love and support - especially for my husband and children. Anything from www.choosehope.com
• None
• nothing. i just ask to be treated normal and be able to live as normal as possible.
• Offer to babysit my son :) Plus I received a ton of handknit hats from family members!
• orthotics size 10...anything....
• Patience, an ear, chocolate . . .
• People stopped calling after initial dx, why don't they call him?
• Please donate to American Cancer Society
• Please no flowers, if you want to send anything we could use help with groceries ect (Whole food's Sprouts etc)
• Positive energy
• Positive thoughts and prayers. Donations to cancer society.
• Pray for me. don't treat me like an invalid. Allow me to cry and vent
• Prayer
• Prayer and donations to Heaven's Door
• PRAYER IS MAIN ONE SUPPORT FOR MY FAMILY
• Prayers
• Prayers & Positive thoughts/energy
• Prayers - can never have too many
• prayers and love
• Prayers and positive thinking
• Prayers and positive thoughts and energy
• prayers and strength
• Prayers ~*~
• prayers, a cooked meal so my wife does not have to worry about feeding me
• Prayers, anything really, my mom does not have insurance,
• Prayers, encouragement
• Prayers/Friendship
• Remember I love them always
• Right now I may need rides to and from radiation treatments, or money for cost of gas....
• Running errands for me (and fabulous shoes).
• Self Awareness
• seriously, all I need is help with the cost of my treatment
• Showing support and helping out
• Sign up to donate stem cells/bone marrow at marrow.org
• smiles and love
• Spread the word about Childhood cancer... Share Kalebs story with everyone you know. AWARENESS + RESEARCH= A CURE
• strangers who have become friends
• Support
• Support and confidence, try not to worry
• Support and Love, they are giving me both.
• Support and Prayers, No pity
• support patience and friendship
• Support, listen, box of tissues for when I cry :)
• Support,peace of mind, a friend to talk to
• Target or housecleaning gift cards
• Teddy Bears, Coffee, Candy, Food, Flowers, Fruit
• The best gift is your love and support
• The pleasure of their company,gift cards for food,jewelry
• Their love and support.
• Their Prayers & Support
• Their Time
• Their time and companionship
• Their time and support.
• Their time, prayers, support.
• Their time.
• There are few areas we don't need help but your time is the greatest gift of all.
• they already are. let me let go when i know its time.
• They have done so much to help me keep my head up.
• Things that make my life a little better. Quality of life sucks right now.
• this would be new
• Thoughts and prayers
• Thoughts, prayers and an occasional "How ya doin'?"
• TIME
• Time to heal and then "Lets all go fishing"
• time together
• Time, cook meals for Jim and I, help us with the day-to-day stuff, come over to spend time with us
• Time.
• To help my son survive this during and afterwards and to never give up on him
• To make each others "last" day the best. And to remember you don't know when anyone's last day will be.
• Trader Joes & Target gift cards
• Transformation
• travel companion
• unconditional love
• Unconditional love, take cake of yourselves, know your medical history. Do it for yourselves and for the ones you love.
• understanding
• understanding, comfort and love.
• Were fundraising for my parents to help relieve financial stress. You can buy a brain cancer awarness t-shirt on ebay to help. http://cgi.ebay.com/Brain-Cancer-t-shirt-fundraiser-4-Nelsons-Support-/140424287689?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_CSA_WC_Shirts_Tops&var=&hash=item66724ebc3c
• Wonderful cards, books and blankets!
• yarn, so I can make more hats and scarves for chemotherapy patients
• Zynga Cards for my hospital stay, Amazon download cards for ebooks, a nice soft blanket