Cancer and Mental Illness

Couchie
Couchie Member Posts: 24
in Caregivers #1
Are any of you out there dealing with being the caretaker for a cancer patient who has a mental illness? If so, I'd be interested to hear your experiences. How do you handle the added stress and difficulties? How you maintain your own mental health?

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  • ketziah35
    ketziah35 Member Posts: 1,145
    #2
    I am not a caretaker of a
    I am not a caretaker of a person with mentaL isllness, but I am aware of a support group for those who have impacted by someone with mental illness. The name is NAMI (an acronym for something) you cvan go on line and find out where they meet in your area. It is pretty much a national org. I would play that one and the cancer support group. There is also a caregiver group out there that is national.

    Ktz
  • angela.barnes38
    angela.barnes38 Member Posts: 15
    #3
    It requires too much of
    It requires too much of patients and courage to be the caretaker of the person with mental illness.
  • Couchie
    Couchie Member Posts: 24
    #4
    ketziah35 said:

    I am not a caretaker of a
    I am not a caretaker of a person with mentaL isllness, but I am aware of a support group for those who have impacted by someone with mental illness. The name is NAMI (an acronym for something) you cvan go on line and find out where they meet in your area. It is pretty much a national org. I would play that one and the cancer support group. There is also a caregiver group out there that is national.

    Ktz

    Thank you very much for the
    Thank you very much for the suggestion, but there are no support groups for caretakers in my area, let alone support groups for those who take care of cancer patients with mental illness.
  • Couchie
    Couchie Member Posts: 24
    #5
    angela.barnes38 said:

    It requires too much of
    It requires too much of patients and courage to be the caretaker of the person with mental illness.

    I'm not sure what you mean.
    I'm not sure what you mean. I'm one of many, many people who are caretakers for cancer patients with mental illness.

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