Life on hold + loneliness

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Hi,

Im a 31 year old female that was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer at the end of April. At the time I was studying for a masters degree in psychology which ive now had to put on hold due to treatment and its side effects. Since then, ive started looking for work because being at home all the time is driving me absolutely crazy, but equally, working with cancer absolutely tires me out to the point of burn out - have you guys found a happy medium when it comes to this?

Ive also found having cancer is really lonely. Im on my own at home a lot of the time and although my partner is very good, he works long hours and I find myself getting anxious and depressed during the day.

Anyone got any tips with how to deal?

Thanks in advance

Ghaz over 2 years ago

You are not alone on this journey, a lot of people going through the same things.Loniless can be extremely depressing.Plan your day ahead, morning, afternoon, evening plans.Cooking food, online food shopping and some good simple exercise classes.Chatting with friends and family.Watching Netflix as there are many good series.

Make plans to do some activities with your partner when he is free.There are online classes for paintings.

You might need counselling too.

Take care

Ghaz z

Max66 over 2 years ago

Hi Lucie123 I like you get lonely as my husband also works during the day. I would love to return back to work but never know from one day to another if I am going to feel too tired. What I have done to help with the loneliness is to go to a Maggies Centre and do some of the activities there. I found it has helped me a lot. Today I also went to a different cancer support group to see what is on offer, the centre offers a lot of different feel good courses which I plan to attend, you are also with people who are going through what you are.

Wishing you well

Maxine

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