Cancer and Relationships: Navigating Changes in Intimacy, Communication, and Support

Cancer is a devastating disease affecting not only a person’s physical health, but also impacting their emotional and mental well-being. Making matters more complicated, when someone has cancer, relationships with their loved ones (most especially with their romantic companion) may change.

Understanding how cancer affects relationships can help patients and their loved ones develop coping mechanisms and handle possible emotional challenges.

Relationships After a Cancer Diagnosis

Both patients and their loved ones face diverse and demanding situations while coping with cancer. Cancer treatments can pose severe physical and mental challenges on patients, making it difficult to carry out day-to-day activities due to …read more