Hello my mum has been diagnosed with stage 2b cervical cancer currently she is saying she doesn't want to have treatment due to the wait time and the fact that she has a needle phobia. She says she feels she is unable to cope with this mentally and doesn't know how she will be able to cope with having intense treatment. She also doesn't feel like speaking to other people about her mental health will help. I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar situation and has any advice on what we can do to support her moving forward. She is also a smoker and I wonder if there's anything we can do to help her stop this habit, currently she shows no interest in stopping.
