- Unscented lotion (I didn't mind perfume smells but for many it causes nausea)
- Unscented lip balm
- A tub of Vaseline (for inside their poor little noses)
- A travel sized Q-tip package to put the Vaseline inside their nose
- Travel Kleenex (you get so many nosebleeds)
- Comfy socks
- A portable blanket for chemo (I got one from all my colleagues at school and one from my future mother-in-law and they were great)
- Cute pajamas if they're having surgery... not sexy ones though
- Gift cards for their favorite restaurant. Wait a month in to find out what food they now hate, I hated garlic, onions, curry and cumin. In fact, by the end I had asked Kill not to eat them because kissing him afterward was too much
- Movie passes (it's dark so no one will see their baldness)
- A baseball hat or nice toque
- An eye mask to block out hospital lights
- Loan of an Ipad or tablet. If you download VLC then you can upload movies and shows for them
- An earphone splitter and two sets of earphones so they can have guests watch too. I got my splitter at Urbanoutfitters.com and 30$ headphones at Sony
- A thermos for tea (mine is from mec.ca)
- Portable snacks, like sushi, yum.
- A ride to chemo or a pick-up
- A foot massage to distract them at chemo or after
- Magazines because you can't concentrate well enough for books
- Maybe an attractive pair of stretchy pants, I recommend Lululemon if you're feeling really generous
- A haircut for when their hair falls out
- Plastic flossers in case their fingernails disintegrate
- A pimple extractor (I got mine at Community Naturals) because without fingernails it is impossible to get that whitehead...careful though they'll scar easier
- Love, a card or a picture
Love,
Cail
4 comments:
Thanks for the gift ideas! I also love your idea for promoting breast exams among young women! Let me know how I can help.
Love from Barcelona
UK
Very true and I think that telling young women to insist on biopsies if they do have a lump is key. Seeing as I was not offered one until 6 months of explosive growth had occurred!
That fancy medical gown that you have should be on the list. Especially if someone has breast cancer. You just open one of the flaps and out pops a boob!
Oh yeah, I bought a gown http://www.healingthreads.com/
so that I could take out one breast at a time and so I could show up for scans pre-dressed for it. Everything helps.
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