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Reassurance for parent

Louise86
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Hi,

my mum had breast cancer in 2013 and underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy. 
 

Recently she has started to worry that even after these years the cancer may come back or may have already done so. It breaks my heart to see her worry and think like this, is there any advice on how to reassure her and ease her worrying so much?

any advice or literature would be much appreciated xx

  • Hi Louise86,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. This is a very common worry and it's completely natural, although very difficult. We have a bit of information about this on our website here. Others on this forum have also discussed this previously, so if it's helpful you could search the forum (using the button in the blue bar above) for other potentially relevant discussions.

    What may also be helpful is to speak to one of our nurses. They may be able to provide some information and thoughts which may be useful to pass on to your mum. If you'd like to, you can call them on freephone 0808 800 4040 (Monday-Friday, 9-5).

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

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