This website uses cookies. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of cookies. Click Here to learn more about how we use cookies.
- home
- Forums
- Information and support
-
Blogs
Share your story in our online journal space.
- Online Support Groups
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
- Cancer Connections
- :
- Family, Friends & Carers
- :
- Coping with a loved one's cancer
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.
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for
Options
- Mark all as New
- Mark all as Read
- Float this Board for Current User
- Subscribe
- Bookmark
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Sort by Topic Start Date
|
I am sitting and watching my husband trying to get comfortable so he can sleep to alieve the exhaustion he is feeling and the pain of watching him and not being able to help is overwhelming. I try really hard not to cry again as I do not want to upset him and yet ...Read More
| |
|
Hi Dad had a stage 4 melanoma removed last March.....they thought they had got it all, no signs of cancer anywhere else....then...just before christmas Dad became unwell....heart problems. Then...last week dad was hospitalised had mri, bloods etc....well what we...Read More
| |
|
the last 7 months positive thinking was the only way i could cope with mums cancer i would tell everyone including the doctors that she was fine nothing wrong with her....mum looks so great for her 83 years so full of life ....now the professor tells us 2 or 3 mont...Read More
| |
|
Hi,
This is my first post. I need your advice as I am at total loss with what to expect/do. My mother-in-law is dying of bowel cancer & has also suffered a stroke on Jan 1. She needs constant care. There are several people caring for her, but mostly my husband, hi...Read More
| |
|
Hi, I am 24/7 carer for 95 yr old and I have just been diagnosed with CLL! Anyone else out there in the same predicament? good luck to everyone
| |
|
My sister was recently given a prognosis of 2-4 months left to survive. We both work in the same hospital, lab. They had a silent auction/bake sale for her and raised alot of money. Now with the prognosis in place, and friends/co workers finding out the prognosi...Read More
| |
|
NIOVEMBER SPRING UP! GROUPS The METRO WEST GROUP. . This month "What is the Pancreas?" Bankstown Hospital 10.30am to 12 noon Please ring Jan on the Metro West SPRING UP! phone: 0411 270 175 We will move the Metro Group around Auburn, Bankstown, Casula, Penrith and ...Read More
| |
|
I have recently had an unwanted awareness of pancreatic cancer. My wife's father was recently diagnosed after he was asked to have an anomoly on an x-ray for an unrelated condition examined. Why is it that the research into the 4th greatest casue of cancer deaths h...Read More
| |
|
I just found out that my sister has topical cancer which I really don't know what it is except it's skin cancer. I do know what it looks like but I need more information. She is in her 60's and I never thought I would get this kind of news so I really need to lear...Read More
| |
|
hi my boyfriend just told me that his father has just gotten another form of cancer. i do not know how to handle this especially since... not only is he the typical australian male that doesnt talk feelings but he is also the type to run away. Every problem, he run...Read More
|
Cancer Information and Support
Online resources and support Access information about support services, online resources and a range of other materials.
Caring for someone with cancer? Find out what resources and support services are available to assist you.
More information
Join the community
Cancer Council NSW would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work.
We would also like to pay respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to all other Aboriginal people.
© Cancer Council NSW 2025 Head Office Address: 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011.
Cancer Council NSW is registered with the Australian Taxation Office as an Income Tax Exempt Charity: Charitable Fundraising Authority No. 18521.