Hello All, does anyone have any experience in trying for children after a cancer diagnosis?? I'm 5 years post diagnosis and have asked my Breast Cancer Nurse many times to find out information about IVF, Surrogacy etc for cancer patients and just get the impression I should just be grateful I'm alive and move on! There is life after cancer. My age is against me, 46 but was diagnosed at 40 and watched my older sister battle cancer for 6 years before my diagnosis, so not being the right time to think about children is an understatement! Surrogacy would obviously be the safest option for me, but apart from legal help, there isn't much put there to get help to find a surrogate, other than to go abroad. I'm also investigating adoption, but there are many barriers including a cancer diagnosis and thankfully a lack of needy children. Does anyone have any insight into any of this that could help me?? All the very best to all you Em x
Hi PumpkinEm and a very warm welcome to the Macmillan Community.
Navigating the post treatment world can be such a stressful and challenging time but getting support from people who have walked or are walking the ‘exact same' journey can help a lot. (I have a completely different cancer).
This New to Community area is like our reception desk where we look to try and direct you to the best part of the Community for you to get support.
The Community is actually divided into dedicated Support Groups (Discussion Rooms) so can I recommend that you look to join and put up your own post in our dedicated Breast Cancer Support Group.
This group is a safe place to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support. To connect in with the group please click on the link below…….
……. and once the group page opens you will see a [Black - Click to Join - Banner] at the bottom of the page, click in this box and this will then confirm that you have joined the group.
You can then introduce yourself to the group by putting up your very own post by clicking [+ Create new post] or [+] in the top right of the group page.
You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
Do get back to me if you need further help navigating the community.
