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Mother's day gift for a breast cancer patient — Brooklynian

Mother's day gift for a breast cancer patient

stuygal
stuygal
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff

Subject: Mother's day gift for a breast cancer patient

Hey Ya'll...

I don't know if this new section, Chicklynian, is the correct place to post this... but it's a post about breasts so I figured it was ok. :-p

My mother is currently in treatment for breast cancer. They caught the cancer early and she getting chemo once every 2 weeks. She's tolerating the chemo VERY well and seems to be doing fine, but she's having the normal side effects; hair loss, darkening of nail beds, etc etc.

I wanted to get her some thing really nice for mother's day, but I'm kind of at a loss. i was going to get her a massage, but I think you have to go to a specially trained masseuse to deal with the lymph issues and stuff. I was going to get her a spa day, but I think she's kind of self conscious about some of the skin side effects.

Has anyone else had a family member who had cancer. Was there a particular gift that you felt was really useful and cherished.

thanks ya'll!

Comments

  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    How about a donation in her name to a cancer research group? And some time together to celebrate the fact that they caught this so early.
  • MOD
    MOD
    Buy her a lovely outfit and spring hat and take her out to eat. Maybe a Mother's day brunch. My mom would love that...
  • mylkshayk
    mylkshayk

    Subject: Sloan-Kettering Integrative Medicine

    http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/1979.cfm

    Hi there,
    Memorial Sloan-Kettering has an Integrative Medicine service that offers all different kinds of massages for cancer patients. The link is above.


    Here is the pdf schedule:
    http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/shared/graphics/Integrative/Spring08_5.pdf
  • stuygal
    stuygal
    Thanks for the responses everyone! I would take her out to brunch... but she's in Indiana and I'm in Brooklyn. :-( The gift probably won't reach her until after Mother's day... but that's ok. She knows I'm a crummy daughter. :-p I know her oncology center in Indiana has massage, but she was thinking about checking to see if her insurance would cover it. I guess I"ll take a look and maybe get her a session or 2 now even if her insurance does cover the subsequent sessions.

    Any other suggestions?
  • mylkshayk
    mylkshayk
    I think you should MAKE her something special, like a scrapbook of photos of the two of you together. And/or assemble a "spa-at-home kit"- containing a CD of soothing music, aromatherapy candles, bath fizz and lotions...

    And I second the suggestion that one of the above posters made about making a donation in her name to some organization (not necessarily a cancer org, but any cause she is passionate about).
  • lilbangladesh
    lilbangladesh
    Does she have a favorite comedian? Buy some DVDs of her favorite comedian performing.

    It's good therapy.
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