Hi,
I am new here....
My name is Agnes and my mother in law has been diagnosed with cancer. This shocked us all, as all happened so sudden... She has been admitted to the hospital with water on her lungs and was told she has cancer. But that is it.... No one told her anything else...What stage cancer it is. What are the next steps. Whom she needs to talk with. Nothing....She has been dismissed from hospital after her lugs have been cleared of water and now she's back home. Completely lost... Can anyone please advise who can we talk to? Should we just sit and wait for the letter? I believe she will require the operation...
Hi Agnes and welcome to the Online Community, although I am sorry to see you finding us and seven hire sorry to hear about the challenges surrounding your Mother in Laws diagnosis.
I am assuming that due to COVID none of the family may have been able to be part of the conversations with her medical team. I would suggest that the hospital is the first place to look for information. Did she receive any discharge paper work before leaving hospital, if so there may be contact number on this and you should use these to navigate the system.
If this is just not available you need to contact her GP immediately and tell them what has happened and they will able to make direct contact with the relevant departments of the hospital.
Supporting others through cancer diagnosis and treatment indeed brings a lot of confusion, stress and many questions but I found talking with other people who are on the same type of journey helped a lot.
The Community is organised into various support groups so can I first direct you to our Carers only and Family and friends groups a benefit as you will connect with others supporting family through their cancer journey.
Follow the links I've created above then choose ‘click to join' on the page that opens.
You can then introduce yourself and post questions selecting '+New' or '+' (depending on the device you're using) and join in with existing discussions by clicking on 'reply'.
Once know what type of cancer she has have a look though our Cancer specific Groups as theses are the groups where you can talk with others going through the same treatment for the specific cancer.
It’s always good to talk, so can I highlight the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00 This service covers Emotional Support, Practical Information. Clinical Information, Financial Support and Work Guidance mostly open 8.00 to 8.00
Our Online Information and Support Section is a good place to find information covering cancer diagnosis, treatments and pages covering most types of cancers.
This is a hard time but you do need to keep pushing to get answers.
Mike - Thehighlander
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Hi again, the cancer journey regardless who is involved is a challenge, information is key and its all about navigating the system to get this information.
You may find our Ovarian cancer group a good place to connect with other supporting family.
((hugs))
