Anne Orchard knows what it is like to support a loved one with cancer, and the pain it brings. Having lost her mother, she took her own inner journey over many years and came to a place of peace. She wrote her book 'Their Cancer - Your Journey' from that place to offer support to others.

Carer's Week 2010 runs from 14th to 20th June and covers the theme 'A Life Of My Own'. 

When a friend or family member is diagnosed with cancer, your life can be thrown into turmoil. To help keep you grounded, stop and consider these 5 points.

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, sometimes they have to make difficult decisions about which treatments to have, or whether to refuse certain treatments altogether. As a friend or family member,...

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 Illness brings changes to our loved ones. You can expect your family member with cancer to go through physical changes and emotional ones as well. You may be expecting some of these changes. For exam...

In addition to the emotional stress it can bring, a diagnosis of cancer brings a variety of new tasks for the patient and closest caregivers. Unfortunately, sometimes the needs of the patient and clos...

A cancer diagnosis can bring on many practical duties that have to be performed. One of the biggest and most tiring duties can be keeping other people informed about what’s going on. You may feel as t...

Both men and women are called upon to be care givers when loved ones are diagnosed with cancer, and both suffer the same psychological and emotional distress. Both need the embrace of a caring support...

When faced with the possibility of the loss of a loved one, we often gain great clarity about the things that are really important in life. We often find ourselves able to forgive more freely and love...

Stress is a likely occurrence for families facing cancer.  It is helpful to know some practical ways to alleviate stress, or avoid it all together.  Some of the most basic methods are; alter the sourc...

Cancer has a way of shaking our world; we suddenly begin to think of the future far more often, and we may look to this future in trepidation, fearing the worst for our loved one. We may spend too muc...

It’s important to go through the cancer journey with a positive and hopeful attitude.  But if you reach the end of the journey and face your loved one’s death, how do you prepare yourself for this?

Believing that your loved one has beaten their cancer only to be told later that it has returned, or that they have another cancer, can be devastating for both you and your loved one. The attitudes of...

When a loved one receives a diagnosis of cancer, you may feel a responsibility to participate to ensure the most effective treatment.  But how can you do this?  Here is one woman’s story of how she he...

When someone you care about has cancer, your reaction may be to focus all your attention on them.  It is human nature.  But it's important that you also get support, and that means sharing how you fee...