Who or What Helped the Most?

Great video. What helped me the most was my kind doctors and great friends. I was married at the time, and my husband refused to work; I had to work two jobs on chemo and radiation simultaneously just to keep us going.

Today, I am happily divorced and know there is one person for sure that I can rely on in times of crisis -- myself.

My husband also helped a lot during my cancer treatment. He took me to all of my infusions and took care of the house and kids. He had a very high powered job at The Pentagon at the time but his boss was great about it. His boss and co-workers even donated 2 weeks of meals for our large family from Let's Dish! My church was also very instrumental in helping me by providing meals for 6 months. My neighbor walked my big dog every day for 6 months following my surgery and during chemo. I never asked for any of this. People just jumped in to help us and I was so grateful. I learned to be grateful for even the difficult things in my life through cancer, and made a video about "Gratitude" and how God provides. Watch it at You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDTkOSDuyuY My go to during crisis is prayer. I felt God's presence with me like I never had before in my life and know I can trust Him to be there.

Someone close to me was recently diagnosed with cancer. Although our family was grateful for the outpouring of support and well wishes, we've found it to be overwhelming at times. Repeating the story of the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and providing updates can be very exhausting and it's a downer living it over and over through conversation. Carepages.com has been a good resource to provide info to family, friends and co-workers while being able to maintain some normalcy trudging through the journey. You can go directly through carepages.com or go to the website of the facility providing care as they sometimes have their own link or version of carepages.