True or False
Each person has billions of cells.
True! We do!
True or False: Chemotherapy is a type of treatment for cancer.
True! Chemotherapy is a medication that stops cancer cells from growing
I can't do the same things since my special person got sick with cancer.
List two things/activities that you can't do.
I feel this_____________________
about my special person's cancer.
Name one feeling.
Tumors are cancer.
True! When a large amount of sick cells stick together, it's called a tumor.
Cancer is a disease that causes bad cells in the body to multiply.
True!
Surgery or radiation
My family has had extra help/helpers since my special person got cancer.
Name two helpers or kinds of help.
True or False:My friends understand what I am feeling since my special person got cancer.
yes or no and why
Any part of the body can be affected by cancer.
True. Cancer and tumors can happen anywhere in the body, even in the blood!
Doctors don't know why some people get cancer and others don't.
True. We don't know enough about why cancer happens to explain exactly how it happens.
Name some side effects of chemotherapy.
Hair loss, upset stomach (nausea/vomiting), tiredness, mouth sores, sensitivity (lights, smells), changing tastes
Name the hardest thing for you about having a special person with cancer.
Name one thing
True or False: I worry about my special person who has cancer.
Yes or no and name one thing you worry about the most
All types of cancer are the same.
False! There are many different cancers, and they are often treated differently and with different medications.
It's my fault that someone in my family got cancer.
False. Nothing we think, say, wish, or do causes someone to get cancer.
True or False: Chemotherapy affects your blood cells
True! Chemo can affect (lower) all of your blood cells because it is a very strong treatment.
red cells-deliver oxygen
white cells-fight infection
platelets-clot your blood
any answer
Name a feeling you have often since your special person got cancer
Cancer patients lose their hair because of the cancer.
False! Chemotherapy causes hair loss because it is a medicine that stops cells from growing quickly, which includes both cancer cells and hair cells.
Cancer is contagious.
True or False: Most cancer patients need a special "line" to get their medicine.
True!
port-surgically implanted, tubes inside, less pokes
picc-implanted in arm, tubes on outside
central line-implanted in chest, lines outside
Name the hardest thing for your special person since they got cancer. What do you think?
Any answer
True or False:There is no wrong way to feel about cancer
True! Cancer in someone we love causes complicated feelings
Remission means that my special person's cancer is gone.
True! Remission means that cancer cells are no longer found in the body.