There are many phases of emotion and getting to know yourself again after your cancer diagnosis, and a repeat of the same again during and after treatment. Many single adults going through cancer treatment and therapies choose to avoid dating and the love scene until their treatments are completed. Many feel that the stress from…
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In the days and weeks after your cancer diagnosis, your spouse or partner will be your closest ally. They will sit with you, attend appointments with you, and educate themselves on your conditions. Your partner may even sit through your chemotherapy sessions with you, take care of the daily household chores, tend to your children,…
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Any cancer or long-term illness diagnosis can bring intense personal, physical and emotional challenges to the self, as well as creating these issues within a relationship or marriage. In many cases, the blame for separation or divorce is placed on the cancer itself and all the stress that came along with it. However, most therapists…
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As if marriage was not complicated enough, add a cancer or long-term illness diagnosis into the mix, and you may be staring into the eyes of looming disaster. Marriage requires effort, dedication and commitment that is unparalleled to any other relationship. Most all married couples would tell you that it is no easy stroll through…
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After your initial diagnosis, you may require time to adjust to the new information and treatment plan before you share your news. Telling others that you have cancer is not an easy task. While you are dealing with your own emotions, you will have to cope with each person’s emotions you tell, as well. Depending…
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The diagnosis of cancer or long-term illness can have a serious impact on friendships, creating an unforeseen stressors for you to deal with. This litmus test for your relationships, your illness, will show you a variety of responses and emotions from others, and many will be surprising. In general, we assume that our friends will…
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Foreplay is something that doesn’t come easily for all men. Some need a bit of guidance to better understand just what will work and will not work regarding pleasure. Foreplay can be helpful for those males who are working on reclaiming their intimacy after illness, cancer, or loss of sexual function. It also helps to…
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Every day in the United States, over fifty families hear the words, “your child has cancer” and are left wondering which way to turn and what to do next. Each week, over a dozen families bury their children from childhood cancer. Every year in the United States more than sixteen-thousand children and young adults are…
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