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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-07-19 05:48 pm

[ SECRET POST #6039 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6039 ⌋

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Re: TW: Cancer vent/advice

(Anonymous) 2023-07-20 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Another suggestion... a support network for both him AND you will be a lifesaver, and it's best to start organizing it as early as possible. Family members, family friends, people who care about your father - most people will want to help if/when they find out about the diagnosis. Don't be shy about asking for help, whether it's thinking-of-you cards, a hot meal, help with rides to doctor appointments, a shoulder to cry on, etc. This might be a little tricky to navigate because unfortunately, hard stuff like a cancer diagnosis is a painfully blunt way to find out who your dad's real friends are. Some people will likely offer to help but ghost you. Forget those people, and keep reaching out.

And do this to create a network that's also solely just for you, and not your dad. You will need the emotional support, too.
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Re: TW: Cancer vent/advice

[personal profile] philstar22 2023-07-20 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, so much to all of this.

Re: TW: Cancer vent/advice

(Anonymous) 2023-07-20 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. <3 I gave him a nudge the other week to talk to his best friend more, since he'd (with the best of intentions) not really been communicating much with him since he doesn't want to be a downer. They're talking more now and he's notified the rest of his family, which I know was really hard to do.

My partner drives and has been brilliant with giving transport for appointments, and I get the train with him for any my partner's not available for. Dad's mother actually notified an old childhood friend of his and he genuinely offered to drive down and collect him to take him home for a visit. This man lives 300 miles away. I really hope he realises how much people care for him.