Last week we published the ‘why do I feel so guilty?’ blog exploring why we may feel guilty when living with, or being affected by cancer. Today we are talking about embarrassment because it’s often a feeling many people experience when it comes to talking about your body.
On the Online Community, we often see members posting about how embarrassed they feel to talk about parts of their body with friends…
Funerals can be difficult in lots of ways. It can be easy to feel isolated or overwhelmed if you are planning a funeral. It can also be hard to cope with feeling excluded from a funeral or the planning process. While for some people, funerals are a helpful way to find closure and say goodbye, this might not be true for everyone. In today’s blog, we are going to talk through support options from Macmillan and reassurance…
A family member’s or a friend’s diagnosis can have a huge impact on your life. It’s natural to want to find support for yourself while you’re supporting a loved one with cancer. Here in the Community, we have lots of different groups where you can chat to people who may have a similar cancer diagnosis to your family member. These are all safe spaces to ask questions and find support. However, sometimes it can be really…
This blog is looking at how our Community members process the news of a cancer diagnosis. Some mourn and grieve for the life they once knew before being impacted by cancer and some find comfort from having the answers they may have been waiting a long time for. However you are feeling, you're not alone. There's others talking about how they they are coping here on the Community so stay and read this blog to hopefully…
With the many different Community groups you can get support from here, it’s not always possible to keep up to date with everything that’s being discussed.
This blog is highlighting some of the recent discussions from the Soft tissue Sarcoma forum to help keep our members connected with each other. Although you may not share the same cancer type, there will probably be some similarities with the questions asked…
Today and tomorrow it’s predicted to reach record breaking temperatures of 40*c in some parts of the UK. It's nice to be able to enjoy the summer weather but wherever you are, we hope you manage to stay cool and be safe in the sunshine.
This blog can be a useful resource if you're looking for some guidance with keeping cool in the heat. If you have any tips that you'd like to share, there's a comment box at…
