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Life in the Cancer Fallout Zone
http://www.cancerfalloutzone.wordpress.com
Many millions of people worldwide are living with the effects of cancer. Some of these have actually had the disease. The rest are family or friends of those who have or had cancer. They live in the Cancer Fallout Zone. – and face their own issues. This blog explores those issues, and gives a voice to the friends and family about how someone else’s cancer affects them.
- Added on: Sep 4th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Anne Orchard
- Listed in: Health Relationships
- Tags: family Cancer families facing cancer cancer in the family
Recent Posts
Coping at Christmas – Support after Bereavement
The first Christmas after losing someone dear to you, is always hard. Those around you are celebrating, spending happy times with family – or moaning about how stressful it all is. How can you deal with this time of year when there is such a gap in...
Coping with Christmas and Cancer in the Family
Last week I went to be interviewed on Hope FM radio, and was talking about how there are many people who find it hard to join in with the general happy mood of Christmas because of a variety of challenges. One of these is facing cancer in your family...
Cancer Survival Rate Inequality
Last week a news item was reported saying that a person’s chance of surviving a year from a cancer diagnosis in the UK varies depending on where they live. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘postcode lottery’. You can read more on this news it...
End of Life Care
How do we help people at the end of their lives? Do we support them in a dignified and meaningful death, or provide ever more strenuous healthcare in order to prolong their lives? In the US Healthcare Debate, CBS 60 Minutes recently weighed in with a...
Cancer Information Overload
It was recently reported that morphine may encourage the spread of cancer – and yet this a drug which can be given to those who have the disease. See BBC News Article As a person who is not medically qualified, I do not have sufficient knowledge to...
When Cancer Affects Children
Childhood cancer is an emotive issue, which will make this post a little more emotional, too. My son is very aware of the issue of cancer because of the work I do, and has been ever since I began writing my book, ‘Their Cancer – Your Journey’. ...
