Hello Community :) I am here to link up and find some advice and support. My sister is undergoing extensive and aggressive treatment and has been unbelievably brave. What I am struggling to cope with is the personality changes which are now creeping in and presenting this person I sometimes cannot recognize. MY family are so supportive but it is becoming increasingly difficult absorbing her anger and, frankly, meanness (as i type that I feel deeply guilty). None of us react - we are all so invested in supporting and allowing and dealing with it individually but it is hard. Nothing compared to her 'hard' but then what is? Can anyone advise or relate? I'd be grateful.
Hi Franji
Welcome to our community, my experience is my wife's cancer and we are "living with" rather than anything else. You might like to drop by Family and friends - Discussion Forum where you will find lots of people in very similar situations.
My wife really hates it when people talk about her being brave since she says it was not like she had much choice in the matter.
If we look at Supporting a family member with cancer those emotions you recognize in yourself are totally normal. Finding friends who understand can be hard though but on here we get it.
<<hugs>>
Steve
