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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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Hey everyone.
Firstly thanks for reading.
My mum has NSCLC, stage 4 as far as I know..She did Chemo for a year. (didnt work), then TARCEVA for 3 months (didnt work).. Now she is left with natural therepy options. Which she is looking into including B17. She is a ...Read More
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To all the Carers
This is my first post but I have been a watcher for the last 12 months.
My darling Alison passed away on the 3 June 2010 from Ovarian Cancer. She was only 60 years old and was diagnosed at Stage 1 14 months ago. We were very confident that we co...Read More
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My boyfriend Mike was just diagnosed with TCC. He has really been six for about six months and seems to be declining pretty quickly. I still go to work and talk to people but it seems like all I think about, obsess about, is CANCER. We are either talking, reading s...Read More
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Hi,
I'm not sure why but as I've made this 4.5 month journey with my partner and her fallopian tube cancer some things just sort of haunt me. I wake up thinking about them or I dream about them. The current one is feeling hurt and angry that my aunt, who has been...Read More
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Hi to all, i would just like to say what a great site this is for support.
I am a 42yo male,15 years ago my mother called me & told me dad had a rare form of bone cancer.Dad actually had symptoms for 2 years before the diagnosis but was very stubborn & thought it w...Read More
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Hi all,
Obviously new to the site. In hopes of being able to connect with others who have or are dealing with similar issues. Its not easy when someone you love dearly is making life more difficult than it already is. My father was diagnosed with terminal brain ca...Read More
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I realise that the world will not stop because one of us has lost a loved one. But a hiccup or some small acknowledgment in my small corner of the everyday would be nice. How do we continue with the everyday mundanities, when our world has been forever changed. I a...Read More
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Hi
My mum was diagnosed with esophageal cancer recently which has spread to her lymph nodes and is making it hard for her to eat. We knew she had cancer in the lymph nodes but it took a while for them to finally find the source (much to my shock).
She has lost a...Read More
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As someone who has been looking for somewhere to turn I have finally found it!
In the past week I ahve found this site to be an amazing place with people opening up and sharing with each other the inner most feelings and experiences.
As a person who is watching fr...Read More
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