Hi Anonymous20,   Thank you for reaching out to the community. It sounds like such a tough time for everyone right now. I'm glad you're touching base with everyone here to get some thoughts/advice and support. Everyone reacts so differently to cancer, both as a patient but also as a carer/partner. It can feel like such a powerless situation at times for some people.   From our perspective, please know that you, your partner, or even his father can ring our 13 11 20 information line for a debrief, or a referral to our emotional support services. We have a carers telephone support group, as well a counselling service which any of you can use confidentially.   Please give us a call if you need any additional help, or pass on our details to him and maybe he will touch base with us.   Thinking of you all, Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Prat,   I'm so sorry to hear about your father's diagnosis. Although I can't advise about a surgeon, if there's any emotional support we can offer to you or your father, please call our 13 11 20 line and we'll can link you up with some of our support services. I'm hoping for a good result with your father's treatment.   All the best, thinking of you both, Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Judith48,   I'm glad the community was able to assist in supporting you as you made these big decisions. If you need any other emotional support, please call our 13 11 20 line and we can link you in with a counsellor or a volunteer with their own lived experience of cancer.   All the best with your trestment. Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Missianne,   Thank you for reaching out to our community here, I hope you get all the connection and information you need. If you require more assistance, you can reach out to our 13 11 20 line and get linked into either our Telephone Support Group and speak to others living with advanced cancers, or if you need more 1-to-1 support, we also have a counselling service.   All the best, and thinking of you. Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Lesley76,   I hope you get some good answers here from some of our community. If you require any other supports or direction, please call our 13 11 20 line.   All the best Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Frip,   Thank you for reaching out to our community here. I hope you can get some perspectives and assistance for what you're currently dealing with. If you need someone to help process your feelings around the cancer carer journey, please contact our 13 11 20 line and we can link you in with one of our counsellors. It sounds like there's a lot that you're having to consider and sit with right now. We're here if you need us.   All the best Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Leme23,   This all sounds so shocking and overwhelming. I'm so sorry to hear about all of this, and I can see how scared you are for your children. In terms of support, since things are so tough right now while you wait for your staging results, we do have counsellors that work with us here who are happy to help support you through this all. It sounds like it's been hard handling this on your own. Please call our 13 11 20 line and you can either debrief and be directed by our clinical consultants, and get a referral to our counselling service if you need it.   Thinking of you, Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Lilly1,   Thank you for reaching out and sharing your story on here. I'm glad to read you have a joyful mindset looking ahead with your life with your husband after all of this. If you need any additional support around side effects or post-treatment life adaptation you can always call our 13 11 20 line to talk to one our consultants or get a referral to our counselling or peer support Connect service. The Connect service can link you in with a person who has also gone through a similar cancer journey to you, and you'll be able to get some peer support around it all or ask any questions.   I'm hoping your upcoming results are all good news. Thinking of you.   Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi KJ,   That is so heartbreaking to read. I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. It would be such a hard time for you right now. If you need some emotional support during this time, please reach out to us on out 13 11 20 line and we can organise a referral to our counselling service if you need it.   Thinking of you, Ashley CCNSW ... View more

Hi Ruthock,   If there is anything we here at Cancer Council can do, please ring our 13 11 20 line if you have any questions. In terms of wider peer support, we also have Telephone Support Groups for those with advanced forms of cancer, or the Cancer Connect service for those with early/localised cancers who are looking for one-on-one support with someone who has also gone through cancer. We're here if you need.   All the best, Ashley CCNSW. ... View more