NCUK Virtual Patient Handbook

laughing with friends to working out exactly what’s making you easons. ou understand when you are likely to struggle, and help you to n in ways that could make you feel worse. was feeling really overwhelmed. I kept getting very It really helped to talk with someone, outside my ed I was. Although I’m still adapting, it’s helped me place emotionally.”

managing uncomfortable feelings, signpost you to information and

I was really struggling to come to terms with how the surgery, treatment and symptoms were impacting on my life. I’d been determined the diagnosis wouldn’t make any difference to me, but I was exhausted and very low. I didn’t really think ‘just talking’ would work, but counselling showed me that in accepting the things that have changed, life can still be good.

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