My son aged 41 has just been diagnosed with rectal and secondary liver cancer. Devastating news, though he's been told its treatable with surgery and chemotherapy.
How do you cope with this as a parent? I live alone 70 miles away from him and his family. He has 7 Yr old twin boys.
Hi SNCG and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I'm sorry to read that your son has just been diagnosed with rectal cancer which has spread to his liver and I know how devastating a cancer diagnosis is for the whole family.
The online community is divided into different support forums so I'm going to recommend that you join the family and friends forum which is a great place to share your worries and emotions and to ask questions of others who have a loved one living with cancer.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
If you have any problems negotiating the community just reply to me and I'll be pleased to help.
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