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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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Hello everyone,
My Mum was diagnosed in late March with lung(left lung) and brain cancer(stage 4)with tumors on liver,breast & kidney. Everything moved very quickly from the day of her appointment with the oncologist. Mum was admitted to hospital that same day, wi...Read More
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My sister is 48 and currently about to be admitted to a palliative care unit. She has battled small cell lung
Cancer that metastistised to her brain just finished whole brain and spinal radiation. Curious about future.
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My Dad has incurable lung cancer and our whole family is trying to spend as much time with Dad as possible. We have always been a very close family and we already have a mountain of family photos. A friend of mine who has recently lost her father told me to take pl...Read More
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Hi there,
I'm caring for my father, 83 who has renal carcinoma. He has a partner (who does not live with him) but i am doing most of the practical stuff which I don't mind. The main thing is watching him deteriorate in front of my eyes. He's not on any cancer trea...Read More
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A week ago we were 2 healthy people,with a lovely 20yo son and this afternoon, after a barrage of tests, we have an appointment to receive a cancer diagnosis.
My husband went into casualty with a piece of food stuck in his throat, they biopsied a lesion, told us th...Read More
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Hi- this is my first time writing in a forum so here goes- I'm feeling so low tonight, I have just helped my dad who has terminal cancer force down some dinner, swallow his pain killers and tucked him up in bed.
He never sleeps for long, either needing the toilet ...Read More
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Good afternoon
I am new to this website and just wondering how other people cope with this disease. My husband was diagnosed in January 2015 and was told without treatment he wouldn't live 3 months, that was so hard for us to hear, we just got married in December ...Read More
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Hello to everyone,
Four weeks ago my marriage changed in a heartbeat.
It was 2am Valentine's morning when I was woken up to find my husband on the floor next to our bed having a seizure (a vision that doesn't leave me ).Prior to this my husband was healthy and fi...Read More
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Hi there my husband has Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He is very fatigued and is on steroids, that make him very upset. I am finding it hard to deal with emotionally as I dont not want to bother family and friends with how I feel. I almost feel selfish with how I feel and...Read More
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My elderly mum has lung cancer which has spread. Im finding it really difficult to cope as she has changed so much and is alienating my kids and even myself. I try to think of it as the cancer that has changed her. I have no support from family, no financial suppor...Read More
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