Our guest blogger today is Yvonne Ortega. Yvonne shares some great reminders for friends and loved ones with a touch of humor any cancer survivor can identify with and appreciate. Thanks so much Yvonne!10 Ways Not to Encourage Cancer Patients
Point out they shouldn’t be scared, angry or depressed, because they are Christians and that would ruin their testimony.
Suggest they have cancer because of the stress in their lives. You may not be a doctor, but you just know.
Remind them that lack of forgiveness causes cancer, and they need to forgive somebody.
Explain they probably got cancer because they didn’t eat right, and from now on they need to take responsibility for what they eat.
Make sure you tell them about your aunt, cousin, grandma, friend or neighbor who had cancer and died.
Mention the horror stories you’ve heard about chemotherapy.
Don’t forget to inform them about the friend you know whose skin burned because of radiation.
Visit them as soon as they return from the hospital and keep talking to them even when their eyes are at half-mast.
Tell them to call you if they need anything. They probably won’t call you, but you’re off the hook, like your telephone.
Insist that they must be strong because it could be worse.
Copyright © October 28, 2010 by Yvonne Ortega
Breast cancer affects everyone it touches, whether firsthand or through the life of a loved one. 
Counselor and teacher Yvonne Ortega discovered this when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and began her journey. In Finding Hope for Your Journey through Breast Cancer, she shares with readers her personal triumphs and setbacks with humor and refreshing candor, always reminding us of God's desire to meet us exactly where we are. In this repackaged book, sixty devotions are divided into sections--diagnosis, surgery, treatment, and recovery--each incorporating Scripture into daily life. It also includes a new chapter on living with the possibility that cancer may return. Ortega's attention to even the most basic hopes and fears that a cancer patient faces each day offers encouragement that can come only from one who has been there herself.
This Saturday, JUNE 11, 2011 is the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The following information is from their website:
