Cancer

Cancer means different things to each of us but ultimately a diagnosis can raise questions of life, death, meaning, purpose and family. There are many support groups available to people diagnosed with cancer and also for family members. Finding how you want to deal with your diagnosis can be tricky.  Here are some resources that might help.

For a guidebook on navigating any cancer diagnosis The Cancer Companion: How to Navigate Your Way from Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond provides excellent easy to read information on diagnosis and treatment, ending treatment, managing advanced disease and strategies to manage psychological components of a diagnosis.

For a cancer story about luck, hope, immunotherapy and lung cancer listen to Richard Fidler interview Andrew Darby who pursued a plucky little grey plover around the world only to find himself diagnosed with lung cancer.

Facing the Tiger: A Survivorship Guide for Men with Prostate Cancer and their Partners is a practical guide to issues and strategies written by a world leader in the psychology of prostate cancer.