Hi im new here my dad just got diagnosed the other day and at the moment my emotions are all over the place and I’m not dealing with it well I’ve cried and cried when he told me the news I actually asked him if he was going to die he said no I’m not not tomorrow or any time soon I thought getting support from people who understand would be a good idea as he’s raised me as a single parent all my life I do have a mum but she’s unreliable and my dad is everything any tips on being able to manage my emotions would be great
Hi Stargirl
Welcome to our community, I hope you find it both informative and supportive.
I am Steve one of the community champions and my experience of cancer is via my wife who has Leiomyosarcoma.
Something I find quite helpful is looking at Your feelings when someone has cancer as being able to recognize those emotions and accept them as part of my new normal can help to make them feel less overwhelming. I ended up doing a living with less stress course that really helped to.
What type of cancer does your dad have? There are lots of good stories of people being cured though for my wife that is at least currently not possible however two rounds of chemo rendered her cancer stable and it has been that way for over 10 years now.
<<hugs>>
Steve
