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cancer diagnosis

Diagnosis is a life-changing word – for you or someone you care about.

While everyone’s experience is different, there are some common experiences. You might experience isolation, grief, anger, fear, sadness, resentment, dissociation/numbness or being swept up.

Many people experience shock and find it hard to ask questions or remember information. There’s a lot to think about (for example, finances, work, family, pets).

We also know that health providers aren’t always ready or confident to support queer bodies and identities, and not everyone can or wants to come out to their health providers (read more in coming out to health providers).

In this section, we share what to expect, questions to ask and what could help.

waiting for the full picture

navigating relationships and care after a cancer diagnosis

Friends, family and other supporters may want to help but not know how (see: for carers, friends and supporters.) Cancer can be an isolating experience, especially for single people and people with fewer friends and family. Everyone’s experience is different.

Care can come in many forms – from friends and family, from other people going through cancer, from the broader LGBTQ+ community, from culture, Country or faith, from the medical system, from complementary therapies or from somewhere else.

understanding cancer stages and your rights

during a cancer diagnosis

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