Hi - I am very new to this!
My sister was diagnosed with terminal cancer around 3 months ago - prognosis is less that 12 months. She has always been a very self sufficient and capable woman, always active and very sociable... which has now all gone - not through lack of trying, she just physically cannot sustain the life she used to have. Her husband is very supportive and very patient with her which takes away so much worry we have for her and her well being.
But she has hit a wall the last week or so mentally, coming to terms with it all and processing the timeline she is facing. The anger and frustration at the situation has really taken over.
She has so much support from her partner, but I want to know from the perspective of those in this situation what can I do to help in this situation? I know I can't fix it, but what support should I be offering? What shouldn't I be doing? I would never want her to feel pitied or that she is a burden, I just want to be able to offer support or even just distraction that she may not feel comfortable to ask for or maybe even not know to ask for?
Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated 
Hi Titans 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 very sorry to read about your sister and it's natural that you want to support her in any way that you can.
As you know the online community is divided up into different support groups so I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you also join and post in the supporting someone with incurable cancer group which is for anyone who has a loved one with a terminal diagnosis to discuss their emotions as well as practical issues.
If this is something that you'd like to do clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there where you can then join and start a new post in the same way as you did here. You can also join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
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