Coping with Cancer, Part 3 - Emotional Timetables
This is the 3rd of a 9 part series researched by the National Institutes of Health dealing with responses to the dreaded cancer diagnosis.
None of us operate on the same emotional timetable. One of the family might feel the need to talk about the cancer before the others come to grips with it. Each of us has to decide when we are ready to talk; none should feel forced to do so.
It is important to let the person who has cancer call the signals for when it's time to talk. But, it is always helpful to look for clues to determine when might be a good time to discuss the cancer and how to live with it.
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