s special techniques to deal with these treatments and to help them be relaxed and get the most from them. Another, way to endure the treatment psychologically was what Patrick Riordan used. Riordan, a lung cancer patient from Florida, used cassette tapes in which he described his favorite places and then took a mental journey there. Riordan experienced a burned esophagus during radiation treatment, so he was in great pain, but to relieve the pain he would play his tape and that would draw his attention away from his pain. There are many different methods in which people use to ease his or her pain, each individual probably has their own way in dealing with it. It is important that they do use some method or another to help with the difficult process of physical therapies. Managing pain and coping with the side effects of treatment are keys to most survivors of cancer. Lastly, a key thing that gets over looked in cancer treatments, is how the family or friends are dealing with their feelings and how the patients cancer has affected them. Many times family and friends are more upset than the actual patients are. Because they dont know what to expect or how to show their feelings or fears. A study conducted by Laurel L. Northouse, Ph.D., R.N., a professor at the University Of Michigans School of Nursing, showed this to be true that family members are often distressed than actual patients. (Clay,2000). It is shown that if a family member or a friend is upset, it will cause more pain to the patient. This is why many family and friends are given psychological therapy to help them deal with their patients cancer. The most common cases of distress from family and friends are when children are diagnosed with cancer. A technique that was discovered by William H. Redd, Ph.D. from the Ruttenberg Cancer Institute, is most commonly used in which psychologists teach worried parents or spouses how to soothe their family members through hypnosis, relax...
