Cancer and its treatment can affect people both physically and emotionally. It can sometimes feel hard to have to think about ways of adapting to any changes to your body, but it can also be fun to learn about enjoying it in new ways!
Here are some of the ways that you might be affected by cancer or its treatment. It is important to remember that not everyone is affected. Even for people who are affected, it is different for everyone and can change over time.
Cancer or its treatment may affect:
- your physical ability to have sex
- your body image (how you see yourself)
- your feelings, such as fear, sadness, anger and joy
- your relationships
- the other things going on in your life, such as whether you’ve got back into work or studying.
The links between all these areas are important. If there’s a problem in one, it might have an impact on the others. In the same way, if there’s an improvement in one area, it can help improve all the others.
