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Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Helpful Information About Cancer Social Network

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By Jaclyn Hurley


Going through an illness is not easy for both the infected and the affected. This is especially for cancer which is a chronic illness. It affects different parts of the body and has various stages. When one is diagnosed with such an illness, it becomes hard for both the person and the loved ones. This is why cancer social network is set, to help such people.

In these networks people get to know other people with the same condition as the one they are going through. This could be based on the type of cancer they have, the stage of the disease and the type of treatment they are undergoing or have already undergone. Through this kind of interaction, patients with this condition get encouraged by getting to hear that there are other people going through the same or have undergone the same problem and are able to manage.

The people in these networks are able to talk to others in the group about how they are coping in terms of management. They discuss about different types of good diet that is suitable for them and the good specialists to help with management of the condition. With these ideas from different people, one gets a wide knowledge of managing the illness.

The social networks also invite people who have specialized in the disease management to help answer some of the questions the patients and their loved would want to know. They could be specialists of nutrition who are very important for the management of the disease or specialists to help the patients deal with psychological problems which are common with cancer patients.

Most of the people who have joined these networks can witness that there is a courage that they gain through this groups. This is based on the courage to go for therapies which most people lack due to fear of the side effects associated with them. Going for such therapies for the first time can cause anxiety. Through hearing how other people manage the therapies will help a patient gain the courage to attend them to the end.

The courage to face the condition is taken much faster by the person who needs it because it comes from someone who has faced it before or is facing it. This gives a picture that is real because it is told from real life experience. From this experience a person is able to take the medication and attend therapies with courage they got from another person.

It is a network that is aimed at helping patients with cancer not fall into depression and stress. The people who have joined these networks can tell of the usefulness of sharing. One feels loved and cared for. This helps the many who could even think of suicide due to lack of hope of living.

Cancer patients who are lonely and have no place to share their experience tend to be overcome by depression. There is also a risk of suicide because of less hope for life. This is why these networks are relevant, to give hope and courage to deal with the condition.




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