Hi . I have joined this group as my best friend in the world who I think of as my little sister has been diagnosed with lower colon cancer and Liver mets this week . I am struggling to know what I can do to support her. I am a nurse at a cancer hospital and feel I should have all the answers. I just really want to be the best friend ever and will absolutely anything to make her feel safe and heard. I thought people on this group might share with me the things that help them on their journey and the things that really didn’t.
Hi BBF
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 found quite helpful is looking at your feelings when someone has cancer as being able to recognize those emotions and accept them as normal can help to make them less overwhelming.
You are right that being heard is really important but sometimes it can be hard to let our depest feelings show, my first contact with support was via my local Maggies centre where I spent some time offloading to a complete stranger. Many find the safety of the anonymous posting on here helpful, especially as we can take a little time to tune our posts though of course we are all welcome to ring the helpline too.
<<hugs>>
Steve
