- Where can I get treatment?
- I’m worried about paying for my treatment, who can help me?
- Ways to support someone battling cancer
- Patient programs
- Nutrition
- Book Recommendations
Listed below are the top 5 cancer centers, as well as places near Midland, Texas.
- MD Anderson – https://www.mdanderson.org
- UT Southwestern Medical – UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Houston methodist – Leading Cancer Center in Houston, TX | Houston Methodist
- ST Lukes – Locations- Cancer Care | St. Luke’s Cancer Center (slhn.org)
- Baylor Medical Center – Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center | Texas Oncology
- Arlington Center – Arlington Cancer Center North | Texas Oncology
- City of Hope – City of Hope Cancer Treatment Centers (cancercenter.com)
Financial resources
- Healthcare.gov – Get 2023 health coverage. Health Insurance Marketplace® | HealthCare.gov
- Texas county Indigent Health care program – County Indigent Health Care Program | Texas Health and Human Services
2-1-1 Texas – 2-1-1 Texas | Texas Health And Human Services Commission (211texas.org)
- Stay Connected – Continue to call, text, and let them know you are available if they need you – however they need you.
- Let them know it’s a safe space to talk – Letting them know you’re there to listen about their health, treatment, how they’re feeling, or to talk about everyday things. Meet them where they are and allow them to take the lead on the conversation.
- Ask for specific ways you can support them – Offering to pick up groceries, doing a load of laundry, mowing their lawn, or cooking them a meal. Offering more physical support can sometimes be easier to accept than speaking about things.
- Refrain from projecting emotions – It can be easy to give someone “words of encouragement”, but every person’s experience is different. Steer clear of statements like “You’re so brave,” or “I bet it’s nice having things done for you.” While statements such as these may sound one way to you, someone else may interpret them with a different meaning.
It can be hard to know the right thing to say or do, but the important thing is to keep showing up for your loved ones.
- Free rides to treatment (road to recovery) – Road To Recovery | American Cancer Society
- Free lodging for cancer patients (Hope Lodge Communities, Extended stay America partnership – American Cancer Society Patient Lodging Programs | American Cancer Society
- Cancer Patients and Survivors (cancercare.org)
- Kingwood Church of Christ Medical Apartment Ministry
MD Anderson Cancer Center – Nutritional guides, free pamphlets
Nutrition & Survivorship (mdanderson.org)
The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, MD and Thomas M. Campbell, PhD
Anticancer a NEW WAY OF LIFE by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
How Not to Die by Michael Greger MD.