Are you having bad days coping with lockdown and feeling like breaking out? Cancer patients often have bad days. They blame themselves for upsetting the people they love, worry they are a burden or envious of their friend’s good health. Just like in lockdown some days can bring feelings you’re not used to dealing with. Cancer …
It’s another Christmas, another year on to reflect and remember Shelli. I thought it would get easier but as others who have lost a loved one will understand, it doesn’t. I spent time flicking through Shell’s facebook page looking for a post, and my!!, such memories, such awesome messages from friends that I have missed and never …
Feeling down? Tired? Not feeling festive? It’s important to let someone else know when you’re in a rough patch. Don’t pretend, or put on a “happy festive face,” if you don’t really feel that way. You don’t have to feel that you must be strong and protect your friends and family. Keep activities simple and let people …
Scanxiety grips you. It’s that time when you are nearing scans and tests and then the wait for results! Even in life after cancer treatment it doesn’t go away. It should get easier but when checkup scan day nears you become tight chested, there can be tears and you are a bundle of anxiety and stress. You are irritable, …
It’s normal to feel sadness after you have been diagnosed with cancer. Patients and survivors can reflect with sadness to the changes and path their life has taken, the loss of good health and the ability to do some of the activities they once enjoyed. It’s important to let someone else know when you’re in a …
Special occasions like Easter can bring mixed emotions if you have cancer. It’s important to make memories to remember the good times. Your emotions may be challenged thinking about what you have been through and what may happen in the future. There is no right or wrong way to feel as everyone reacts and copes in …
There’s no right or wrong way to maintain a journal. Take a few minutes each night to jot down your thoughts, feelings, anxieties, or simply how you’re coping so far. Add to that your temperature and how you are physically. Diarrhoea, constipated or okay? Appetite. yes, no! Keep it simple so it doesn’t feel like too much …
You’re having a bad day and blame yourself for upsetting the people you love, worry you’re a burden or envious of your friend’s good health. Some days can bring feelings you’re not used to dealing with. It can be something very simple and inconsequential that turns a day from okay to awful. But there are times when it’s …
Feeling down? It’s important to let someone else know when you’re in a rough patch. Don’t pretend, or put on a “happy face,” if you don’t really feel that way. You don’t have to keep calm and carry on. Share your true feelings with your loved ones. By attempting to act cheerful you are not helping others …
For many Christmas in a happy occasion spending time with loved ones but for others it is often an emotional time even when you don’t have cancer. Christmas is a reminder of loved ones they have lost or are separated from. If you have cancer, it can be a reminder that you aren’t as healthy as you once were …
