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How to Handle Guilt and Other Caregiving Emotions

By WebMD Medical Reference — 2011

Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.

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Advice on Dire Diagnoses From a Survivor

With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”

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What Happens When You’re Disabled But Nobody Can Tell

The author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon examines the disabilities that ramps and designated parking spots don’t address.

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The Selfless Dedication of In-Home Caregivers

In-home caregivers are the unsung heroes of the pandemic.

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How to Ask for Help

Learn to communicate skillfully with others so you can get the help you need.

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Living with Mortality: Life Goes On

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.

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Coping wth Fear of Recurrence

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.

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