Being a loved one of someone with cancer means a constant balancing act. You want to be a support, but at the same time, you don't always have the strength yourself. You want to talk, but are afraid of saying the wrong thing. In my lecture, I talk about what it is like to stand by someone and why we need to get better at talking about cancer – even when it feels difficult.
Being a loved one of someone with cancer – a forgotten reality. Linnéa Boqvist Olsson is one of Ung Cancer's speakers and shares her experiences of being a loved one.
When someone gets cancer, it doesn't just affect the ill person – family, friends, and loved ones are also affected. Yet we rarely talk about what it is like to stand by someone. How do you deal with the worry, the powerlessness, and the fear? And how can we get better at breaking the silence around the difficult things?
