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Top 10 Ways to Support a Spouse With Breast Cancer
Posted: 12-09-07 01:41am

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that has developed from cells of the breast. Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. (nlm.nih.gov)

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Treatment for breast cancer made me feel very sick. Fortunately, my husband, Karl D. Stephan, stepped up to the challenge of suddenly becoming a home caregiver, while also holding down a full-time job. I asked him for his top ways to be supportive when your spouse is in treatment for breast cancer. Here's what he had to share.

1. Be There
The person with breast cancer needs you now more than ever. But the patient won't be fun to be with all the time. So, don't give into the temptation to hide from the situation by getting busier with work, hobbies, or other things that keep you away from the patient. It's no fun holding a woman's head while she loses her cookies, or holding her hand just before she goes into surgery. But she'll remember what you did for her later.
2. Advocate
3. Organize
4. Encourage
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Posted: 12-14-07 04:20am

You are lucky one to have supportive and carrying husband, knowing the fact that nearly seven in ten marriages touched by breast cancer do not survive.
I guess he proved you once more that he loves you no matter what happened.

When you were diagnosed with breast cancer?
Can you, please, share your story with us since the beginning of the disease?

Best wishes!
Marija
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