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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 there,
I am currently struggling with knowing what and how much information I should be giving to my kids (18, 16, 12) and letting them see. My ex - their father - has cancer and is currently undergoing chemo. They see him each 2nd weekend and are what I would c...Read More
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Hi all, am new to this site/forum, but am a member of OCF in the States. Don't have many facebook friends, most of them are also members of OCF, and at least 1/2 doz are from Australia.....lotsa love & support there.
My husband was diagnosed in March 2009 with ...Read More
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My wife passed away 18th dec last year after fighting bowel cancer for 12 months (she was 38 with no family history).
Still bewildered at the experience, just how busy things were over the last few months, and how quiet things are now, well apart from our nearly f...Read More
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Its hard hearing your stories, i sit here with tears in my eyes at the grief and loss you have or are going through.
And whilst i am lucky enough to still have my 56 year old mother here with me after surviving two cancers i feel i am also mourning; my mother has...Read More
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Hi there, I wasnt sure which forum to post this in :(
Its mainly addressed at pepole who have lost loved ones to cancer. My dad is near the end of his journey, and my mum told me that today when she went home, he told her he felt "weird" but couldnt actually descr...Read More
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Hi guys,
I have joined this site in the hope that I can share other peoples experiences with gbm grade 4 tumors. My dad was diagnosed with this three months ago and I was told he had three months with us if we were lucky. They managed to debulk the tumor which is ...Read More
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Hi everyone, and welcome to the group for carers and partners, family and friends of people with cancer.
Feel free to post a message on this page and to invite others who have a loved one with cancer.
Looking forward to meeting you on the site.
Louisa
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My first Christmas without my beautiful mum, my best friend.
It's coming up to the Christmas Season. I enter this month with many mixed emotions. One minute im up and all is well and the next im down and sobbing all over the christmas presents I wrap and the car...Read More
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My 27yo son has been dealing with cancer since he was 19...originally bowel cancer, then secondaries in the liver and lung. He now has multiple tumours in the lungs and so chemo is the only option.
I learnt about this website recently, and have read quite a bit of...Read More
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I think i pretty much said everything in the subject line - im here 100% for my mum, i do EVERYTHING i can do whilst trying to study full time, amoung other things im working on.......
I have organised social groups, online chats, meetings with people who are goin...Read More
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