Support for cancer patients Dr Chantal Simon MRC Research Fellow and General Practitioner, University of Southampton, UK
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A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating for both the patient and his or her family. Cancer can arise out of the blue and often affects people who have been fit and healthy until diagnosis. It may affect young people as well as the elderly. Patients and families have support needs that may vary over time and according to the progress of their disease and treatment. Try to tailor information and advice to the individual's needs and continue to provide support throughout the patient's illness. This article is intended as a broad guide to the types of support available for cancer patients in the UK. It is not intended as a comprehensive reference and cannot include the many excellent local services available in different parts of the UK for such patients.
An excellent article written for GPs about support available for cancer patients in the UK with hyperlinks to relevant support sources.
Disclaimer: Please see your own dentist/doctor for a proper diagnosis as my words should not, in any circumstances, be taken as dental/medical advice.
"If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use what is dim for the light it gives, then all will go well. This is called Acting Naturally." Lao-Tsu, Tao Teh King
Posts: 2930 | Location: St Luke's Hospital, Bradford and Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield | Registered: 14 December 2002
Hi Dr J, Read the article and I find still not anough aftercare for Cancer sufferers they think you come out of Hospital and thats it but as we know on RDOC that is only the begining of what for many is a new life to what we had.
Paul
Posts: 744 | Location: London England | Registered: 06 March 2003
I agree, when I finished treatment I was like "Oh...what do I do now?" and it really messed with my head because I felt like I needed to be doing something as I had been to the Hospital most days for the past how ever many months! I think I should have at least been offered to talk to somebody but I wasn't.
"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" www.kickingcancersarse.blogspot.com
Posts: 17 | Location: Essex | Registered: 23 January 2008
I feel I must add my support to this thread. I don't know whether the right word would be "ignored", "forgotten" or "abandoned", but I definitely feel alone (I'm on my own anyway) and haven't received any kind of support after I finished my treatment last July.
"Too stupid to understand, too stubborn to die"
Posts: 82 | Location: Somerset | Registered: 21 June 2008
