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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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I met an old friend at the oncology clinic 2 days before xmas last year I asked what are you doing here she said i have just been told i have lung cancer but that it is cureable with radiation and a short dose of chemotherapy they started after xmas she had no prob...Read More
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Hi everyone,
I am 28 years old and my 32 year old husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour in December after having a seizure out of nowhere. It is unable to be surgically removed so he has had radiation and is now on chemo.
We have an 18 month old son. We li...Read More
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Hi my Dad has prostate cancer
He has been treated (successfully) since 2003 but just before christmas last year his blood tests showed a significant increase in his PSA level (457)and that the cancer had metastatised. He had a mega dose of radiation (which really ...Read More
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My mum has just been diagonised with breast cancer which has already spread to the bone and liver, she is starting chemo this week.
Its full on and accepting what is happening and going to happen is a full on process.
I have researched some things already to try an...Read More
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hi , my concern is nowhere near as bad as some i am reading ,but its a concern none the less ,my husband has BCC which he has had for 6 years that we know of (yes he wouldnt go get it checked)he has been placed on a waiting list as a catergory 1 patient to have it ...Read More
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It's so hard , I'm the only one she can talk to and she is angry at everything and telling me she just wishes it was 'all over' cos she doesn't want to go through treatment if shes just gonna die anyway
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Hi All,
My mum has recently been diagnosed with Bladder cancer. Can anyone tell me more about a Stomer?
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8 months in and I am exhausted and angry and sad
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Hello, I am new to this site. My husband has bladder cancer, although it has not ever been in his bladder. He has had a kidney removed and now the cancer has gone to his lymph system and is travelling about stopping wherever it wants to. Chemotherapy has been of...Read More
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i am new to this site, my mother has metastatic melanoma which has now spread to the brain, the news was devastating and its even harder not knowing what is going to happen, she has several tumours and is being treated with steroids and 10 lots of radiation to make...Read More
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