When you have cancer, you can experience a whole load of emotions. You might feel shock, devastation, fear, anger, relief....and much more. It can be a bit of a rollercoaster - in one day you may go from feeling very positive and upbeat to very quickly feeling sad and despondent. There really isn't a right or wrong way to be.
In this section:
- how are you feeling? - this covers some of the emotions you may have or will experience. Although not a complete list, it has ideas of what you can do to help yourself and where you can get help.
- diagnosis - being diagnosed with cancer is a difficult experience. Find out more about how this can make people feel and what can help.
- treatment - coping with treatment and its effects can be hard - get some advice on how to deal with your feelings.
- helping yourself - get some ideas on how to get yourself through this.
- help from other people - find out more about what other people can do to help you cope.
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