Coping with a loved one's cancer
How do you or did you cope with a loved one’s diagnosis? What are your needs during this difficult time? What happens when your role moves from partner or friend to carer? Find out how others cope or share your experiences.
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My husband was diagnosed 4 months ago with Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP). He went through a number of test to figure out the primary and they think it's the kidneys. They can't confirm as kidney cancer doesn't show well with PET scan. So currently the diagnosis i...Read More
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Hi good people, what immune boosters would you recommend for someone who is about to start Chemotherapy? Your help will be highly appreciated. Thank you and kind regards. Bupe
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Hi everyone, I've just joined this community in hopes that I can get some support and hopefully support others. I found out a few days ago that my Dad has Liver Cancer. It can't be operated on. The Dr has told him he has 2 to 5 years. I don't have much more inform...Read More
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Hi there. I found out last week that my mother is terminal and I have been a complete mess. I feel so selfish. I had to go home from work early yesterday because I knew I shouldn't have been there. I got home and cried so hard that it actually made me throw up. It ...Read More
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Hi, struggling to know what to say to my husband after he has been diagnosed with cancer. He is distraught as you would expect but I struggle to know what to say when he says he is scared of not being around to see grandkids grow up, we are at the beginning of all...Read More
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My husband has gone aggressive chemo for 3 months and has had multiple complications with a port leak. He is really short tempered and is snapping at me all the time. I’m trying to ignore it but it’s hard. I am trying my best to support him but am losing the will t...Read More
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Hello. I'm feeling heartbroken and would love some advice on how I can support my beautiful best friend who is losing her fight with cancer. I think her time is short. She has accepted what's happening, but now I need to focus on what I can do for her husband who's...Read More
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I live in Sydney and my brother, dad and mum are in New Delhi. My brother called me late November and said that I should come home because dad is getting an operation- Never in my worst nightmare could I have thought it would be cancer. I only found out the day I l...Read More
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Hi all. this is my first time ever posting in an online forum… but I feel so utterly hopeless and distraught…my dad, who is 61 and was the picture of perfect health was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer 5-months ago. He is overseas…. And it has been a challen...Read More
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My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2020, a couple months later it had metastasised and spread to her bones. Her breast cancer is aggressive HER2+. She has ongoing treatments every 3 weeks, fast forward 4 years, recently the drugs have stopped working. ...Read More
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