By American Cancer Society — 2021
Research has shown that people with cancer need support from friends. You can make a big difference in the life of someone with cancer.
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Accepting help from others when you have a cancer diagnosis isn’t a sign of weakness.
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Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.
Imagine being at risk for 12 cancers. Welcome to a life in limbo.
Cancer patients deal daily with dread stirred by organisms produced by the body they attack.
Understanding the patterns of reaction to a prolonged illness with perhaps years of remission and a significant chance of being cured will help you put your emotional survival in focus while your doctor concentrates on your physical survival.
After treatment ends, one of the most common concerns survivors have is that the cancer will come back. The fear of recurrence is very real and entirely normal. Although you cannot control whether the cancer returns, you can control how much the fear of recurrence affects your life.
Just as cancer affects your physical health, it can bring up a wide range of feelings you’re not used to dealing with. It can also make existing feelings seem more intense. They may change daily, hourly, or even minute to minute.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela