My daughter, 27, yesterday had surgery to remove big malignant tumour on her ovary. She and her partner are living temporarily in Cornwall and I’m down here to support her. I know no one and am a stranger to the area. She starts chemo soon we think. I don’t know how to feel or act to support her.
Hi Englishy and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll both find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I'm sorry to read that your daughter has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and know what a scary time this will be for the whole family.
You say that you "don’t know how to feel or act to support her" so you might find this information from Macmillan on your feelings when someone has cancer and also supporting a family member with cancer helpful.
As you know, the online community is divided into different support forums so I'm going to recommend that you also join the family and friends forum which is a supportive place to discuss your worries and emotions and to get support from 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'.
It would be great if you could put something about your daughter's diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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