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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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Hi I just found out that my father has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophegus. My father is 87 years old. I live in a different country, so the caretake that regularly takes him for his doctor appointments accompanied him to the doctor for the diagnosis. As i...Read More
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She had her left kidney removed in November, but it spread to her lymph nodes. The doctor told her that it was gone. She kept having pains in her stomach after she got out of the hospital. She went back to the emergency room last week and just got out. Today at the...Read More
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I posted on this site about 2 months ago as carer for my father who is also my best mate.unfortunately he passed away yesterday morning after fighting this disease with everything he had. I now have the struggle of trying to live my life without the person who was ...Read More
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Hugs to all of youwonderful people. My stepson has stage 4 bowel cancer. Diagnosed in July last year he is now up his 15th round of chemo. At his 12th his scans showed some had shrunk a little and the primary had stayed the same. He has been managing physically ver...Read More
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Hi, new here & cant find anything close to what we're going through....I am an apodted niece (41yr old) to the greatest uncle 1 could imagine. He made life livable for awhile in an adoption gone horribly wrong. A spot was found on his lung Feb 2017. He either didn'...Read More
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My sister has always been the life of the party ..very friendly..healthy..now at 53 her body is riddled with lymphoma. On top of that she lives with our 85 year old mother who is wheelchair bound and takes care of her full time. My sister has a large strong church ...Read More
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Some back story first.My dad has advanced stage 4 lung cancer that spread to his liver and bowel and is terminal. He has been in various treatments for the last two years. He is currently on a new chemo cycle. About two months ago he started feeling pain in his abd...Read More
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Hi. We got news this morning that the chemo therapy my dad has for his liver/gallbladder cancer did not work, the cancer is aggressive; and it’s stage 4. There is nothing we can do and they’ve referred us to hospice and palliative services. I keep hearing stories ...Read More
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My partner has stage 4 bowel cancer. He is having a rest from chemotherapy at the moment because it has affected his memory, quite badly. I feel a great deal of resentment at times because he doesn’t do anything to help me. We are in an isolated area on a rural pr...Read More
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hi everyone i am new to this group. I just needed to vent i dont have anyone i can talk to and just looking for some friendly advice. my dad is 76 yrs old and he was dx with squamos carcinoma of the skin unfortanly its on his face. it has been 3 yrs now he has ha...Read More
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