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Help me deal with relationship and emotional issues

• Article - Coping With the Psychological Issues of Hair Loss

  Hair loss from cancer treatment is a difficult issue for aging parents. This article offers guidance to help them cope.

• Interview - Talking With Kelly Corrigan

  The author of The Middle Place reflects on how family dynamics, faith, and lacrosse figured into her father’s treatment for bladder cancer.

• Interview - Talking With Hope Rugo

  An oncologist who was also a caregiver to her mother before she died of breast cancer offers advice to other caregivers.

• Article - Defining Your Role as a Cancer Caregiver

  Before you take on the role of caring for a parent with cancer, read this comprehensive look at what the job entails -- how to best care for your parent and how you can avoid burnout.

• Article - How to Deal With Hair Loss From Chemotherapy or Radiation

  How to Deal With Hair Loss From Chemotherapy. Take care of your scalp, shave, use sunscreen, treat hair gently and protect eyebrows and eyelashes.

• Article - How to Ask for Help With Cancer Care Giving

  Get support you can use in caring for a parent with cancer with this guide to how to ask for assistance and ways to help you may not have thought of.

• Article - 6 Things Not to Say to Someone With Cancer

  What do you say to someone with cancer? Don't say 'everything is going to be all right.' Learn about the 6 things not to say to someone with cancer.

• Article - How to Create a Strong Cancer Support Team

  A set of guidelines for assembling a cancer support team -- from professional caregivers to family helpers.

• Interview - Talking with David Rieff

  The author of Swimming in a Sea of Death reflects on his inner struggle over how to help his mother, Susan Sontag, face death.

• Article - How to Get the Help You'll Need to Care for Your Parent With Cancer

  Comprehensive information on getting help when caring for a parent with cancer. Related information is available in the cancer section of Caring.com.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Cancer Patients Tell It Like It Is

  Cancer patients beg doctors to speak plainly about cancer prognosis and treatment.

Questions & Answers

• Question - What can I do to help my mother stop crying all the time?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I stop feeling resentful that my parent with cancer has become so self-involved?

  How to deal with troubling feelings toward a parent who has become self involved after cancer diagnosis.

• Question - How do I persuade my father to join a clinical trial that could help him fight bone cancer?

  When a parent with cancer won't join a clinical trial, find out why. Then discuss his concerns, given the research and his own prognosis.

• Question - How can I ease my father's discomfort when I have to help him with physically intimate tasks?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What can I say when my parent with cancer falls into self-pity?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I overcome my father's refusal to ask for help with his cancer care?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I comfort my mother when she feels distressed about losing her hair?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How can I get my father to tell the doctor how bad his pain is?

  How to manage your parent's cancer pain by improving communication with the doctor about his pain and pain treatment.

• Question - What do I do when my parent's doctor tells me something important and suggests that I not tell my parent?

  It can be very uncomfortable when you receive information from your parent's doctor that your parent doesn't have. Here's how to handle this difficult situation.

• Question - How do I get my father, who has prostate cancer, to accept help from others?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Since her cancer diagnosis, my mother has seemed very depressed. Does she need professional help?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

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• Question - My father has colon cancer. What's the best way to deal with his angry outbursts?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - How do I help my parent with cancer stay positive and look on the bright side?

  Techniques for helping a parent with cancer feel more positive.

• Question - How do I get my brother and sister to share more of the burden of caring for our mother, who has ovarian cancer?

  Brothers and sisters may disagree on how to share the burden of caring for a parent. Read expert tips on delegating work and avoiding resentment.

• Question - How can I get my parent to eat without nagging?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and a Community Member

• Question - What do I do when my mother, who has ovarian cancer, expresses resentment about my siblings not coming to visit her enough?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

Tips & Reflections

• Reflection - What I Wish I'd Known: David Rieff

  The author of Swimming in a Sea of Death discusses helping his mother, Susan Sontag, believe she could beat a fatal illness.

• Reflection - What I Wish I’d Known: Kelly Corrigan

  The author Kelly Corrigan on the pitfalls of insisting she knew best how to manage her father’s cancer treatment

• Reflection - What I Wish I'd Known: Hope Rugo

  An oncologist reflects on what she learned about care giving when her mother had metastatic breast cancer.