Hi,
A friend of mine has just discovered she has type 3 breast cancer. It's said to be a very aggressive type and the cancer cells very likely may develop again after surgery in the sequential years. Is that really right?
The biggest practical issue she's facing is that she has no family around her. She's only 35 and broke up with her boy friend last year. She has nobody to rely on during the chemo treatment. She's very uncomfortable about the idea of having to deal with all the weakness and mess during the treatment on her own.
She looked online and is willing to pay to find someone to care for her for extended hours a day. But she's living in a one bed flat and so not practical for this care giver to stay. It's said each person react to chemo in a different way, so we don't quite know to which level of care she would need and for how many hours a day.
I also just read something like the person who takes care of chemo patient needs to be very careful for preventing any direct contact from the chemo medicine in the patient's bodyfluids. It sounds like this person needs to be properly trained or has the basic idea about how to care for patient going through chemo.
Not entirely sure what kind of answer I'm looking for here. But if you have any experience or could suggest how she could have things prepared upfront and reduce the anxiety from there perspective, it would be much appreciated.