How Do You Cope With So Many Friends And Family Who Have Cacner?

Question

Sometimes I think I will just lose my mind if I find out one more person I love or know has cancer. My Grandma was diagnosed with Breast Cancer years ago. She fought it and had it beat! She was later diagnosed with lung cancer and found the breast cancer was back.

My Dad was diagnosed with Maligment Melenoma and CLL (chronic lympnopa luekema) last year. He is currently on Interfrom for it, and goes for his end of the year test this month to see if it worked! I have all the faith in the world it did and I know he will beat this!

On March 4, 2006 I lost a dear loved one to cancer. She would have made the best mother in law in the world. She didnt deserve the suffering she went through.

I have a friend I went to school with, a dear friend, who is only 23 find out she has cancer. So many people I live around have cancer.

How do you continue to have hope and faith when you feel like there is nothing you can do but pray? How must they feel if I feel this way?

Answer 1

Your story touched my heart. I have dealt with this but not to the extent that you have. I'm sorry you are going through this and sorry for your friends & family as well. Your comment at the end made me remember a sign I saw once in front of a church. It said, "Prayer...the least you can do & the most you can do." These things are way out of our hands. Who better to handle them than God? Just pray with faith & believe. I will pray with you as well. I pray for their healing and I pray for God to comfort you & give you strength as well. I pray He will comfort your grieving heart. God bless!

Answer 2

It's an epidemic, and the American people IMHO have had the wool pulled over there eyes, being led to believe there's nothing you can do to help your chances of not getting cancer.

Avoiding the terrible chemicals in our foods, cleaning products, pesticides etc. etc. would be a great first step, along with eating the right way. Unfortunately some people think eating "diet" foods with Splenda or equal is healthy, yet it's nothing but another chemical.

We need to understand the business of "curing" cancer is nothing but just that, a "business".

Sorry to go on but I really hate to see SO many people suffering needlessly. I remember Jack Lalanne saying, "We don't die of old age, we die of neglect". If you'd like some good info on healthy changes take a look at: www.newstarget.com

You asked about hope and faith, I pray you take a look at the web site and maybe see this epidemic as something we have more control over than the conventional doctors would have us think.

I wish you good luck, I know how painful losing family can be.

Answer 3

This is a hard question. My neice has cancer, it started five years ago in her rectum, and she had to have a permanent colostomy. This poor woman has been so sick, and the cancer has turned up in other parts of her body as well. She has to go every month for CT scans, blood work, and pet scans. At the first discovery of this horrible disease, they gave her a 5% survival rate. With the help of family and friends, she has survived, but with great difficulty. This has been very hard on the family, and believe me, I know how you feel. My best friend died of melenoma a few years ago, it was horrible. My uncle died of cancer of his sinuses, and my aunt has bowel cancer. Several of my friends in my church have cancer. There is really not much you can do, just have fith, and support all your friends and family the best you can. It isn't easy, and it seems as though everyone you talk to has cancer themselves or someone in their family has it. Sad, and about the worse thing that can happen to a person. My neice is doing very well, but will always have to monitered the rest of her life. She has lost a lot of weight, but she has a wonderful attitude, which is in my opinion over half of the battle. You just be there for your family and friends, and give them support and love. Just letting them all know you are there for them is a wonderful ting. I know, because I am in the same situation. Not easy, but stay strong and that will help them all. Always, above all, pray. That is the best thing you can do.

Answer 4

I can say that I have been in your shoes. There was a time period when I found out six of close family members had cancer.Three have now passed, the other three seemed to gone into remission but there is that big C hanging over our heads. It's frightening, it's makes you angry, Asking yourself"Why this one or that?'. It doesn't seem fair. I just know that they people of great faith in the Lord and He called them home for a reason known only to Himself. One family member told me, "I have lived 87 years for the Lord. Now I will see the place called Paradise." I will see him again I believe, if I follow God's words.
It is the make up of the person and their faith to not be afraid of death and know that there will be a life afterward.

I grieve with you on your loss.

Answer 5

And the worst part about what you are saying is that there will be a lot more! because of all the chemicals in the air ,food,water,! I guess read up on the different kinds of cancers that they have! and then look at the different areas of treatments they have for each one! so that you be well informed and then you just be there for them,a extra pillar of straight! Oh and continue to have hope and faith!because there are miracles
blessed Be

Answer 6

Emu Oil gel caps might be a possible cure for your family. Emu oil kills cancer cells and is safe to take without harming the human host. Always consult your doctor before trying anything new.

Answer 7

i have 2 cancer patients in my family now my mother and my husband all of my mothers family on her moms side died of cancer my husband had a brother died from a brain tumor you learn to cope and go on you cant stop living your life there are to many people out there that need your support and love to stop