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  • Blog Post: Talking helps

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    Posted 3 months ago
    ‘I found it an enormous relief to be able to talk to someone about my feelings.’ Talking about your cancer may be one of the most helpful and rewarding things you choose to do. Putting fears and feelings into words helps us understand them better and leaves us feeling more in control...

  • Blog Post: just somewhere to start

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    Posted 6 months ago
    Daddy was diagnosed with cancer in June 2012. Initially we thought it was just in his kidney. To cut a long stort short its not, its RCC which has spread to his lungs, and brain and recently been told its in his lymph glands. His brain is the worst affected with multiple tumours. He had whole brain radiotherapy...

  • Blog Post: Guest blog: Life as the partner of someone with cancer, by Ripley

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    Posted 8 months ago
    Ripley is an Online Community member and also has her own blog, Boyfriend with a Brain Tumour . She shares her experience of living with a partner with cancer - and explains why it's important to make time for yourself. My fiancé Bernd was diagnosed with brain cancer four months ago...

  • Blog Post: Cancer Talk Week webchat: Transcript

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    For our Cancer Talk Week webchat, we were joined by Sue Parkes from Relate to answer all your questions on how cancer has affected your relationships with friends, family and partners. If you’d like to read up on this topic, we have lots of information in our Relationships and Communications section...

  • Blog Post: Cancer Talk Week – new relationships

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    The idea of a new relationship can be both an exciting and terrifying prospect, but entering the world of dating after having cancer can be a scary prospect. If there have been changes to your body or physical appearance , you could be worried about how a potential new partner could react to this...

  • Blog Post: Cancer Talk Week – Telling your friends

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    You and your friends have been through thick and thin together, and have talked about everything from the trivial to the deeply personal. However, in a time where we have more Facebook friends and Twitter followers than family members, it’s shocking to see that nearly two out of three people...

  • Blog Post: Cancer Talk Week – You and your partner

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    Even the strongest relationships can be tested when an other half is diagnosed with cancer, and no matter how close the both of you are you might find it hard to communicate your feelings to each other. You might think you know what your partner is thinking or feeling but those assumptions...

  • Blog Post: Cancer Talk Week - Talking to your family

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    Being diagnosed with cancer is a tough experience. But for those going through it, telling the family can be a challenge in itself. Maybe you’re worried about how your family will react to your diagnosis, or you feel you don’t want to bring distress or worry to those you’re...

  • Blog Post: It's good to talk...

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    For this year’s Cancer Talk Week , we’ll be hosting a live webchat next Thursday(26 th Jan) at 12pm with Relate councillor Sue Parkes, who’ll be on hand to answer any questions you have about how cancer has affected your relationship with your partner, your friends or your family...

  • Blog Post: Moods and emotions when you're caring for someone with cancer

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    The information in this post is written by carers and is about moods and emotions. It covers some of the feelings you might have as a carer of someone with cancer, and the emotions that the person you're caring for might feel. This advice has been written by other carers of people with cancer...
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