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Q And A With Niki
Q My wife had lung cancer, and passed away after terrible suffering. I feel lost now and so guilty… Please what can I do, I don’t have any medical insurance. A I’m so sorry to hear about your wife’s passing … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bereavement, bereavement group, cancer patient, depression, Emotion, emotional support, fear, featured, grief, grief group, men, overwhelm, Relationships, survivor guilt
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Cancer Emotional WellBeing: Calming the Chaos
What if you heard what your own voice had to say…Listen… We aren’t so much schooled in listening to our own voice. Rather, early … Continue reading
Cancer WellBeing Self Talk: What Words Are You Choosing?
What you tell yourself matters. If your thoughts are centered on “I can’t handle this” self-talk, or if you continually use the “I can’t handle this” phrase in talking with your family and friends, you are setting up a … Continue reading
Cancer: Is Survivor’s Guilt Similar to Grief and Grieving?
L. Marie Shadwick wrote a moving guest post about survivor guilt and how it affected her. I see many patients who experience survivor’s guilt, and have found it is not uncommon. To quote from L. Marie’s guest post, “Why was I … Continue reading
Is This Thought Moving Me Forward, or Is It Moving Me Backward?
Catching myself going round and round with my thoughts, it became increasingly clear I was stuck in neutral. Like a car engine that keeps on with that errrrr, errrr, errrr, errr noise. Annoying, really. Don’t you just get tired of … Continue reading
Sometimes Silence Is The Best Answer. Dalai Lama
Sometimes Silence is the Answer. Dalai Lama Questions: How do I get through this? Treatment Caregiving in addition to working and managing household Recurrence and Metastasis Anger, fear, worry, shock Being here for my kids Watching her go through this … Continue reading
Posted in After Treatment, Couples & Partners, Emotions, Strategies & Tools, Support
Tagged anxiety, cancer, cancer patient, Caregiving, depression, Emotion, emotional empowerment, emotional support, emotional wellbeing, exhaustion, fear, five minutes, newly diagnosed, overwhelm, Relationships, Strategies, strategies and tools, Stress Management, time out, tools
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Guest Post Cameron Von St. James Caregiving, Fighting Cancer With My Wife
This guest post features Cameron’s caregiving with his wife, Heather diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, a cancer in the lung’s lining. Fighting Cancer with My Wife My wife has said many times that she simply cannot imagine what I went through … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, cancer, cancer patient, Caregiving, depression, Emotion, emotional support, exhaustion, fear, overwhelm, Relationships, resource
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