LIVING WITH OR BEYOND CANCER
For many people, finishing treatment will mean they are able to think about the future and find a new normality and consider how to live well after cancer treatment. For many others, treatment may continue now or in the future, and they may have to live with cancer for the rest of their life.
For some people, the end of treatment is not the celebration that might be expected. After having so much support and follow-up it can feel like a “no-man’s” land or cliff edge, facing the future on your own, wondering who you will turn to with questions now that regular follow-up has finished.
It can take a varying amount of time to adjust and cope with your feelings and the consequences of treatment. All the information and support included in this website may be relevant for you now or in the future. Sometimes it can take months or years for people to realise or accept that their life is not where they might like it to be and they seek help following their experience of cancer. Some people find that calling in to the centre and talking about how they are feeling can be helpful. Others find accessing a support group where they can meet people with similar experiences is useful, or you may find that counselling from someone removed from your own personal situation is right for you. Whatever your situation, you are not on your own. Other patients have told us that this is how they feel. We are here to help if you need us.
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Support & Information
This page contains links to support and information that are likely to be most relevant to you if you or someone you care about are living with or beyond cancer. There are other pages with the most relevant support and information if you are newly diagnosed or undergoing treatment.
For details of the full range of support that can be accessed through the Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre, please see the What’s On page. Additionally, the All Support & Information contains links to sources of assistance both from the centre and elsewhere.
PHYSICAL WELLBEING
Physical Activity
Healthy Eating & Cancer
Prehabilitation / Rehabilitation
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
End of Life
Counselling
Cancer Support Groups
Macmillan Emotional Support
Cancer & Serious Mental Illness
Books For Adults
Self Management Courses
PRACTICAL SUPPORT
Benefits & Financial Support
Returning To Work
Cancer & Travel
Community Support
Carers
Blue Badge
Bereavement Services
Palliative Care
Macmillan ‘After Treatment’ page
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Teen/Young Adult Services
Family Support Resources
Children’s Books
Body Image, Sexuality & Relationships
OTHER
Charity
Online Support
National Cancer Charities by Tumour Site