Caregiving

Survivor’s guilt is not just felt by individuals who overcome a deadly disease like cancer, writes a cancer caregiver. She explains how she has experienced it too but knows that not all caregivers are as lucky as her.

The old saying is that spring is the season of hope, and this cancer caregiver writes how it feels like this spring has a bit more bounce in its step.

On social media, CURE® recently asked its readers to offer advice to others looking to help friends and family who have been diagnosed with cancer. Here is some of their advice.

Instead of using the cliché of calling the story of her and her husband’s relationship a classic “love story”, this caregiver who lost her husband to glioblastoma after just 26 months reflects on why she prefers to focus on the fact that they weren’t superhuman – they were just lucky enough to find each other.

A caregiver crosses her fingers that those who love her can have patience as she heals from the trauma of her experiences.

A cancer caregiver shares how she provided support for both her daughter and mother-in-law who were being treated for breast cancer at the same time, and what she learned from those experiences.

A caregiver offers new caregivers tips on how to become an active part of a loved one’s cancer care team.

An oncology nurse offers people tips on how to find the courage and be better advocates to their loved ones who may be receiving treatment for cancer.

A caregiver recalls how she and her daughter went to get tattoos to celebrate the end of her daughter’s breast cancer treatment. Now, every time she looks down at her tattoo, she can smile knowing her daughter conquered cancer.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends that patients receiving active cancer treatment get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The balancing act of being a caregiver and parent simultaneously is one that requires acceptance and fierceness.

Caregiving for a patient with cancer is an ongoing journey that also requires the caregiver to learn along the way. One couple discusses that process and more.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the serious medical difficulties patients with cancer face has been brought to the forefront for healthcare as a whole. But we can learn lessons from these challenges and find a stronger path forward.

A cancer survivor laments the inability for a comforting hand during COVID-19.

Navigating the scary path of a cancer caregiver possibly becoming the patient with cancer.

No matter the challenge, oncology nurses look to help you out.

It’s excruciating for a person to hear their cancer diagnosis, and they need their caregiver to help them through it. Here are 8 tips from a cancer survivor for first-time caregivers.

Cancer impacts the entire family, and spouses acting as caregivers are experiencing depression and anxiety, without seeking help.

The timeless tale of A Christmas Carol not only shows us how to be a better person, but how to look at the entirety of our cancer journey and what may lie ahead.

An oncology nurse discusses how her peers always provide the best job possible when treating patients with cancer.

A caregiver recognizes the oncology nurse that helped her husband through 9 years of treatment for cancer.

In this most stressful of seasons, these seven specific steps can bring the joy back to the Holidays for those patients going through cancer treatment this time of year.

A caregiver uses poetry to work through their husband's cancer journey.

Don't just get the cancer caregiver in your life a gift that will only last a month, get them something that lasts year-round with these three ways you can help as they help you on the cancer journey.

A patient with cancer discusses how one oncology nurse helped guide his cancer treatment to a better place.

Your cancer story is unique to you, but sometimes the impact of sharing it can change your own perspective on the cancer journey.

Patients with cancer discuss how compassionate and professional oncology nurses make all the difference on their care teams as they go through the cancer journey.

An oncology nurse recounts how her fellow nurses are compassionate, empathetic and knowledgeable towards patients with cancer.