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The Run for the Cure, Tips for Helping Friends and Family Recently Diagnosed With Cancer

By arbutuscoaching | September 29, 2009

The Run for the Cure is less than a week away, are you planning to participate? Scheduled for Oct. 4 this year, the run is

Canada’s largest single day, volunteer-led fundraising event dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research, and education and awareness programs.Each year, thousands of Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life unite to participate in the Run. Their reasons for participating vary, but they all have the same goal; to create a future without breast cancer.

It’s a future many of us are emotionally invested in. A report this year by the Canadian Cancer Society states that 40 per cent of Canadian women will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime and 45 per cent of Canadian men. Staggering statistics aren’t they?

As a survivor myself and someone who has had close family members and friends diagnosed with the illness, I’ve compiled a list of tips to help the patient through their cancer journey. Two were listed in yesterday’s blog, www.arbutuscoaching.com/blog, two more are listed here, and more will follow throughout the week, in a lead up to the Oct. 4 event. Tips First, let the patient set the agenda for your conversations. Some will want to talk and need you to listen, while others may want a respite from their reality and want to hear about your life. Second, offer to accompany your friend or relative to their doctor’s appointments. Many provincial medical associations encourage this because they realize that patients aren’t always in the best head space to ask what needs to be asked.

To learn more about the run, visit www.cibcrunforthecure.com 

Cancer survivors who are wondering what to do next now that their treatment is over might find the e-book I wrote for them helpful. Live Your Best Life Now! The Cancer Survivors Guide to Creating a Happy and Meaningful Life can be viewed at www.arbutuscoaching.com/products.php

Kathy Santini
Arbutus Coaching – Growing People and Possibilities
250 388-6108
Kathy@ArbutusCoaching.com
http://www.ArbutusCoaching.com


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