12 Things Should Should Not To Say To Someone Who Has Cancer

12 Things Should  Should Not To Say To Someone Who Has Cancer

First off, you’re an awesome person. You’re reading this because someone you know is touched by cancer and you want to know how to avoid hackneyed phrases and suggestions which tick them off. As a person who recently finished treatment for cancer (Hodgkins Lymphoma) and a physician, I’m happy to take you through a brief tour of 12 things not to say.

Even with the best of intentions, the cleverest people say the dumbest things around those who have cancer or any other life-threatening disease. There’s an art to helping rather than hindering sick people on their path towards getting better – or not as the case may be.  All it takes is a more thinking and less speaking.