Hi,
I don't want to name but a close family member has been diagnosed and doesn't want to tell people. Its terminal 6months without chemo maybe 1-2years with it. How the heck do you deal with this? I'm grieving a living person and I don't want their time spend worrying over other pple like me being depressed as its hard enough on them I don't even know how they are dealing. Any advice welcome as this has crippled me.
Hi Sam19899e6c0a and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and although I was the one with cancer, I know how difficult it is for the whole family.
As you know, the online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the supporting someone with incurable cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who have a loved one living with an incurable diagnosis.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your family member's diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
