What to gift and not to gift a friend with cancer

80 Gifting Holidays: The Ultimate List of Gift-Giving Occasions

What to gift a friend with cancer

§ Pick-up grabby stick – after surgery you just can’t bend over

§ Coloring books and colored pencils

§ Snacks

§ Gas cards

§ Edible arrangement with fruits (no grapefruit)

§ Anything handmade

§ Your time – short visits, housecleaning, phone calls, texts

§ $$ to their GoFundMe

§ Meals – heat and eat

§ No judgement

§ Knitted caps

§ Word search or other puzzle books

§ HUGs

§ PRAYERs

§ Books – (suggest NOT BROKEN The Unfiltered Daily Truth in Fighting Cancer)

§ Grocery gift cards

§ Warm and fuzzy lap blanket

§ Car rides – to get out of the house doing anything that is not treatment related

What NOT to gift a friend with cancer

· Anything that smells – aromatherapy, candles

· Anything that requires physical strength

· Advice on treatment especially if different than their plan and especially if you have never had cancer


For a few gift ideas, check out Store - book store - by NOT BROKEN:Diane LaFaso Skullr