Ask HN: Supporting patients with cancer

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Hi, I am exploring and working on how to support patients with cancer in a better way. I am still in an idea phase but I wanted to get a feedback from the HN community.

How do you support your close relatives/friends with cancer? When supporting them, what did you do that make them feel better?

Thanks! :) Have a great day!

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I have used an 'on-call' system, where friends sign up on a shared calendar to be the backup person for a given day (when they will be in town and available). This means the patient always someone they can call for extra help, without feeling like they're dropping the request on someone who may have something else planned. Helps lower the bar for asking for help (needed in this case) and also lower the disruption to those who want to help.

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