Hearing that a friend or family member has been diagnosed with cancer can be scary. It brings a lot of emotion along with it – fear, anger, sadness, and worry. All very big feelings to deal with. The thing with Cancer is that it can mean many things. It is a general term that covers
Category: Cancer Support
What support is needed when faced with a life-threatening cancer journey?
There are several ways to define support during a life-threatening cancer journey: To help someone emotionally or in a practical way To hold something firmly or carry its weight, especially from below to stop it from falling To agree with and encourage someone because you want them to succeed All of these relevant when it
When a Friend Is Diagnosed with Cancer
What did you do when a good friend was diagnosed with cancer? How do you react? How did you feel? I remember being shocked and stunned for days when my friend was diagnosed with cancer. She was slightly younger than me and I couldn’t believe it was happening to her and her young family. I thought
When Someone You Don’t Know Dies of Breast Cancer
I was filled with sadness recently when reading a post on a closed cancer support Facebook group, MetavivorsNZ for New Zealanders with secondary breast cancer. One of their members had passed away not long after advising everyone she was going into a hospice. Her good friend wrote to let everyone know and to thank them