HOW TO GIVE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO A TERMINAL MESOTHELIOMA PATIENT

How to Give Emotional Support and Encouragement to A Terminal Mesothelioma Patient.

It's not easy giving emotional support and encouragement to a terminally ill mesothelioma patient but it can be done.

1. Support them in silence. That is the hardest thing for anyone to do these days. Be silent. Silence is scary to people. But if your loved one has terminal mesothelioma if you can sit beside them in silence you are bringing great comfort to them. I'm not saying don't answer their questions and don't give them words of encouragement. But a dying mesothelioma cancer patient often does not care what you ate for lunch earlier today. They are thinking about much more serious matters. Often they have much on their minds.

2. Which leads to the second way to give a terminal mesothelioma patient emotional support and encouragement. Listen! Make eye contact, don't be distracted by the TV or anything else. And don't change the subject or try to get them to discuss another matter. A dying mesothelioma patient is talking about things that he or she must get off of their mind so it's very important for you to listen to what they are saying as you are silent.

3. Discover what kind of mood they are in, how much energy they have, what they desire prior to passing away and then respect their wishes. Make sure you respect their wishes. Some people don't listen long enough to figure out what some final wished are of the mesothelioma victim. Don't be one of them. If they don't offer any of this information then be patient for a good time to ask them.

This should give you some solid guidance on how to both encourage and give mesothelioma patients emotional support. They really need it.

Billy DaMore