My daughter has recently been diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer . She has an appointment with the surgeon at the end of this week. she will be 57 in july , has 2 children , son is 28 , daughter is 23 . she lives alone but has family nearby . She has a new grandson , 6 mths old and hasn't seen him since he was 1 month old. She has issues with her son . She's on a mission to alienate her sisters too . As far as we know she has a good prognosis but insists she can feel the cancer spreading . She is telling family she's dying and using it as guilt strategy . She has cut her sister out of her life , We don't know how to help her , what are our options ?
regards
cacamac
Hi cacamac
Welcome to our community, I hope you find it both informative and supportive.
Sorry to hear about your daughter and how it is impacting your family. My experience of cancer is via my wife who has Leiomyosarcoma so somewhat different.
There is quite a lot of information on the main site here that might be helpful. It is not uncommon for someone with cancer to think everything is related though of course we know that cancer does not protect from all the other ills out there.
Fingers crossed the appointment with the surgeon helps her to feel more confident in her prognosis, often when people get in to treatment things seem easier.
Something I found quite helpful was looking at your feelings when someone has cancer as it helped me understand my own emotions and accept them as both normal and valid.
<<hugs>>
Steve
