Carers Corner
This is your space to connect with other carers and share practical tips on how to talk, listen and support a loved one during their cancer journey.
Discussion List
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Coping with loss and if I did enough as a caregiverAfter a brief battle with ovarian cancer, my 85-year old mom died peacefully in her sleep at the en… -
Anxiety and Depression/Recovering from recent family bereavementI would like to ask if there is anything else instead of Tamoxifen that i could try.....and have ha…
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Comfy clothesMy mother has liver cancer. She currently is only comfortable in her nightie because she can’t tole…
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Long Distance SupportI am looking for knowledge and advice to be supportive 2000 miles away. When I was around six years…
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Radioactive iodine treatmentMy husband will be having this following thyroid cancer..anyone had this..what should I do to help
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Emergency call outHi everyone My daughter is 34 years old and was diagnosed with cancer last December. She has extrem…
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alternative ideasHi I have just joined the group. My husband has a brain tumour with grade cancer and I am always …
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cancer contagiousOne of relatives has cancer spread everywhere in body and her stomach and intestine got burst. Th…
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Why me? Why her?Why am I now clear of cancer but my friend died last week? Why do I feel so guilty? How do I face h…
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Gifts for my friendHi. My friend was diagnosed 2 years ago and went through chemotherapy and got the all clear after h…
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I don’t like us anymore.I’m feeling sorry for myself. my husband has stage four small cell lung cancer. He’s just finished …
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Change of planMy wife Janet was diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer 4.9 cm in the middle right lobe,the PET scan s… -
feel so lonely.Hello everyone. I am the heartbroken Mum of a 28 year old who was diagnosed with Stage 4B adenocarc…
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Hodgkins LymphomaMy 19 year old grandson has just been diagnosed and I’m finding it so hard with anxiety as I live 2…
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How soon to use natural hair dye after chemo treatment?My mother is 84 years old and is going on two months of post-treatment for cervical cancer. Is it t…
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My mom and cancerMy mom has just been diagnosed with stage 4 oesophageal cancer. She is 84 and up until now was in g…
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StentHi Lyn My husband was hospitalised after getting his stent in for 5 days. He was in horrendous pain…
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StentHusband has gullet cancer got stent put in on Thursday back into hospital last night pain why is he…
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Losing so much weightCan anyone please advise, my sister was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the start of June, She…
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My DadMy dad has just been diagnosed with lung cancer and I'm devastated, I keep a brave face in front of…
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Oesophageal cancer with liver metastasisHi my husband has been newly diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer, in lymph glands and 3 lesions on hi…
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After treatment - Mild Cognitive ImpairmentMy mum (72) was treated for Breast Cancer in 2017, she had quite a traumatic time. She suffered bad…
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Looking after my hubbyMorning I am looking after my hubby and I have been off work I don’t do being off work if that make…
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FightingMy son was diagnosed with colon cancer 4 years ago , he had most of his large bowel removed and was…
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Oral cancerFollowing surgery and radiotherapy over 12 years ago for mouth cancer, my fathers cancer has return…