6/18/26

How to Ask for Help After a Cancer Diagnosis (Ch. 3)

Your friends and family want to help—they just may not know how. One of the most empowering things you can do is tell them exactly what you need. In Just Diagnosed, Jennifer Omholt shows you how to build a practical support team by assigning meaningful roles to the people who care about you—from researching treatment options and accompanying you to appointments to organizing meal deliveries, sending daily encouragement, and helping with everyday responsibilities. You’ll also discover how tools such as Lotsa Helping Hands and Meal Train can transform good intentions into coordinated, tangible support—and why accepting help isn’t a sign of weakness, but an important part of healing. From JUST DIAGNOSED: A Survivor's Guide to Navigating Cancer by Jennifer Omholt — journalist and 24-year stage 3 breast cancer survivor. Foreword by Debu Tripathy, MD (MD Anderson Cancer Center). Distributed by Simon & Schuster.

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