My 31 year old daughter has stage 4 cancer . No hope but to have chemo to prolong life. How do I deal with this?
Hi and welcome to the Macmillan Online Community but sorry that you had to find us and especially sorry to hear about your daughters diagnosis, this must be so hard for you SNC all the family.
A cancer diagnosis like this in the family can be challenging in so many ways so can I give you some suggestions for where you can find help and support.
The first step is call the Macmillan Support Services on 0808 808 00 00 - most services are open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week Clicking here to see what is available.
This service can give lots of information, support, financial guidance or just a listening ear.
We also have our Ask an Expert section, but do allow two working days for replies from our expert team.
When it comes to the practical challenges of supporting someone you may benefit from talking with others caring for family and friends so do check out our Carers only and supporting someone with incurable cancer group groups as you will connect with others supporting family and friends through their cancer journey.
To join a group just click on the link above then choose 'click to join' or 'join' (depending on the device you're using) on the page that opens.
You can then introduce yourself by putting up a ‘New Thread’ or hit the box with the X on the top right (phones), you could just copy and paste the text from this your first post. You can also join in with existing ‘Discussions’ by clicking on 'reply'.
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