Cancer survivors usually go through an emotional overhaul. It is very important to help them to have better control over their feelings and emotions.

2. Cancer survivors usually go
through an emotional overhaul.
It is very important to help
them to have better control over
their feelings and emotions.
What is normal and what is not,
is a big question for cancer
survivors.
Therefore, it is important to
consider getting professional
help.

3. When a patient begins cancer treatment, it is obvious that
the patient is impatient for the treatment to end. However,
once the treatment ends, it is difficult to start the new course
of life. Most patients are usually not prepared for the life after
cancer treatment as a survivor. With the treatment
completed, it is likely that patients will not see the cancer
care team as often as they did.
However, friends, family and caregivers become the core
support group, and each one tries to encourage the survivor
to get back to normal life. It is often scary to part with the
protective and comfortable cocoon of cancer care team and
doctors who have supported a patient throughout the
treatment.

4. Everything that a cancer survivor feels or experiences, after
treatment, is normal. Recovering from the treatment is not just
about the body but also about healing the mind, which goes
through emotional trauma during treatment. So, it is important
to take time and acknowledge the grief, fear and loneliness that
one is going through.

6. First of all, it is very difficult for
cancer survivors to cope up with the
fear of recurrence. Although they
may not have any signs of the
disease for years, cancer survivors
say that the very thought of having
another cancer is always on their
mind.
One might even worry about every
pain or ache and presume it to be
sign of recurring cancer. Eventually,
these fears tend to fade, though
they might never be eliminated
completely.

7. It is also very important to cope with the fear of being true and
honest about emotions. Survivors should not feel guilty about
their feelings or ignore the hopes in them that they will be fine
some day. It is best to stay in touch with the doctor and ask the
necessary questions related to cancer recurrence and ways to
reduce risks. Taking control of fears can influence good health
in the future.

9. Stress comes as a part of the course of treatment for cancer.
From the time to diagnosis, stress remains a part of the lives
of cancer patients and survivors. In fact, survivors can never
part with stress completely, despite getting healthy.
With cancer diagnosis, treatment, and cure everything
around the patient changes. Even when the patient is back
home after recovering from cancer completely, he/she gets
undivided attention and care from the family, which is a
totally new feeling.
This can increase stress and make a patient feel overwhelmed
at the same time.

11. Lingering emotions and feelings of anger and sadness often
interferes with the daily lives of cancer patients. For most
people, these feelings generally dissipate. But there are others
who suffer from chronic depression.
It is very important to talk to the doctor about all such feelings.
If required, medication or therapy may be given.