A Post For Friends of Sick People

Barbara over at Let Life Happen blogged aboutvisiting breast cancer patients. I feel this is a greatly ignored topic and want to add my two cents on this. For the benefit of all patients, I feel that this is a topic that gets ignored by too many.First of all, before you visit a sick person, put yourself in their shoes. When are you feeling awful, do you want to entertain someone for hours? Do you want to answer dozens of phone calls asking the same thing? Don ' t you want to sleep or watch bad TV or sip herbal tea in your bathrobe with fuzzy slippers on your feet? If you are in pain, what is your preferred activity - lying in bed with your tablet or sitting up in a chair talking to people? Please think first before you go visit someone who is ill or even call them.Second of all, if someone is in the hospital these days, chances are they are not doing very well. I have never gotten a good night ' s sleep in the hospital (because my blood is best between 3-5 AM when they come to get it and wake me up). I am probably not feeling well and am usually cranky as a result. I am probably in my pajamas (or a lovely Dr. Seymour Butts hospital gown) and not looking my best. Chances are I am in pain as well.Never just drop by because you ' were in the hospital ' . A few years back, a friend ' dropped by ' because she had some blood work done at 8 AM on the day after a major surgery. A very bad thing to do. I don ' t know what she was thinking. Visiting hours didn ' t even start until 11 A...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient hospital Source Type: blogs