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What items make you feel better?

maryv1119
maryv1119 CSN Member Posts: 37
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Hi, I'm a cancer survivor who is working to help other patients/survivors.

Thinking about your treatments and side effects, physically, mentally, etc.

What type of items could someone give you to help make you more comfortable.

Example: I had dry mouth and nausea - fruit flavored hard candy helped. Reading helped me pass the time during chemo and transfusions.

Your feedback is appreciated. No idea is too small to list.
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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 CSN Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #2
    Mary..
    Hi Mary, have you checked out our SuperThread post, tons of good info that might provide some of the data you seek...

    SUPERTHREAD

    Best,
    John
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  • robinleigh
    robinleigh CSN Member Posts: 297
    #3
    head and neck care package
    Yes, someone a while back put together an amazing list of ALL the creature comforts for H&N patients. Let us know if you find it on the superthread. It was pretty darn thorough! I bet all of our medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen counters look alike!!!
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  • osmotar
    osmotar CSN Member Posts: 1,006
    #4
    Comforts
    My brothers church makes small lap quilts, they sent me one and I took it to all my infusions, I also had reading matrial and music, made the long day go by.
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  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe CSN Member Posts: 1,349 Member
    #5
    for me
    for me it was all the smiling faces i saw and the cards i received

    john
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  • KTeacher
    KTeacher CSN Member Posts: 1,103 Member
    #6
    I sound like a broken record
    Magic Mineral Broth, Rebecca Katz--you can type it in the search bar and the recipe is online. I believe that Sweet put it in the superthread also. Aroma while it is cooking stimulates appetite and it goes down like silk.
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  • adventurebob
    adventurebob CSN Member Posts: 691 Member
    #7
    nature
    Time outside always helped. Even just sitting on a bench in the park across from the treatment center in the sun was therapeutic. A nice walk on the beach could brighten any day.
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  • Hal61
    Hal61 CSN Member Posts: 655
    #8
    Items
    Mo money, mo money.

    kidding, best, Hal
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  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 CSN Member Posts: 3,228 Member
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    robinleigh said:

    head and neck care package
    Yes, someone a while back put together an amazing list of ALL the creature comforts for H&N patients. Let us know if you find it on the superthread. It was pretty darn thorough! I bet all of our medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen counters look alike!!!

    Yes, it's all on the
    Yes, it's all on the Superthread. Here is the specific link to the kit:



    THE ESSENTIAL KIT FOR HNC PATIENTS DURING TREATMENT
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