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 all, I've just found out that my Uncle has end stage cancer. It has hit him and us all very hard. My question is how to help my Uncle with the next part of his journey. He doesn't believe in God and doesn't have a faith per se. He's now wondering about the ...Read More
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Coming across this website has been one of the great positives in this cancer journey - in so many ways it just helps, so thank you to all who are part of it.
I just wonder where life will lead at times , but as I sit here typing , things seem ok in our world at t...Read More
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Hi new here. My son has recently been diagnosed with testicular cancer again. He is only in his early twenties. First time he was 15.
Feeling frustrated at the public hospital system as doctors changing or relocating- cant get an appointment to see endocrinologist...Read More
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Well few weeks ago my husband had what they called a mild stroke, they couldn't find the cause but then after doing some scans & test they found what they said was lesions on his lungs. More test and it come down to the fact he had testicular cancer and it had spre...Read More
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Hi there,
I'm new here. My partner, 55 y/o, was diagnosed with brain tumours on 4/8/11. He had a surgery on 8/8/11 to resect a bulk of his tumours and was officially confirmed with GBM Stage IV on 11/8/11. Wow, how life can turn upside down within a week!!! :-S
N...Read More
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Hi Everyone,
Thought I would just introduce myself. I do not have cancer but my father does, he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, they took biopsies and found it in the bowel, they are concerned though because it is not showing up on any scans but it is showing...Read More
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Hello all, My name is Andrew and my family & I have recently found out that our dear mum who is 70 has Non Small Cell Lung Cancer with Bone Mets. It all still seems like a bad dream. Mum complained of a sore back at xmas (2011) and thought she must have pulled a mu...Read More
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I am very grateful for this venue to express my thoughts on being a Cancer Survivor's Mum, and also sharing this journey with others.
Thank you everyone.
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I am a carer for a friend recently diagnosed with lung cancer. He is having a lot of trouble accepting this and therefore stress levels are rising. Lots of talk about walking away from treatment.This cancer thing is totally new for me and I have trouble answering h...Read More
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I am a mother of beautiful daughter who HAD non Hodgkins lymphoma . She is 5 years " all-clear" now. She was diagnosed on the 13th march 2006.
Today I will attend my FIRST local cancer support group.
I could not do this before now.
I have been too frightened that ...Read More
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