Relationships

This section includes information about how a brain tumour can impact relationships, and ways to communicate about your brain tumour with different people in your life, including with family, children, work colleagues, when dating, or in an intimate relationship. It also includes resources to request or manage offers of help from your community.

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Sexuality, Intimacy and Cancer – A Guide for People with Cancer and Their Partners (Cancer Council Victoria)

Sexuality, Intimacy and Cancer – A Guide for People with Cancer and Their Partners (Cancer Council Victoria)
Cancer Council have prepared this guide to help you understand the ways cancer and its treatment may affect your sex life and relationships. The information in the guide was developed with help from a range of health professionals and people affected by cancer. It is based on research into sexuality after cancer treatment. It can be downloaded as a…
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Talking to Kids About Cancer (Cancer Council NSW)

Talking to Kids About Cancer (Cancer Council NSW)
Explaining a diagnosis of cancer to children or teenagers can feel difficult and overwhelming. This information from the Cancer Council is designed as a starting point and includes tips for discussions with children at different ages. It can be accessed as a website or downloaded as a PDF handbook. Different chapters offer tips on talking to…
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Dating with a Brain Tumour (Video Webinar from UCSF Brain Tumor Centre)

Dating with a Brain Tumour (Video Webinar from UCSF Brain Tumor Centre)
Join survivor panelists Dace, Katie and Kelly as they honestly and openly answer questions and discuss their successes and challenges with dating while living with brain cancer. It includes how to know if you are ready for dating? Is disclosure necessary - if so, when, how, how much? The importance of self care. This video is part of the…
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Educational Resources for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Brain Tumours (UCSF Brain Tumor Center)

Educational Resources for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Brain Tumours (UCSF Brain Tumor Center)
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has compiled educational resources for caregivers of loved ones with brain tumours, including caregiving handbooks and recorded webinars. While these are American resources, much of the information is relevant in Australia. Resources include: managing care at home, symptoms of brain tumours, side…
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Gather My Crew (An Australian App to Help Request and Manage Support From Your Friends)

Gather My Crew (An Australian App to Help Request and Manage Support From Your Friends)
Asking for help isn't always easy. We are often reluctant to reach out, even when we need it most. The "Gather My Crew" app is a way to use technology to coordinate with friends and family, to turn offers of ‘let me know what I can do’ into action that meets your unique needs. You can use the app to request help for specific…
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Talking to Kids about Cancer – When Cancer Wont Go Away (Cancer Council NSW)

Talking to Kids about Cancer – When Cancer Wont Go Away (Cancer Council NSW)
The Cancer Council have produced a guide as a starting point for talking to your children about cancer, in age-appropriate ways, at all stages of cancer. This particular chapter deals specifically with talking to children when someone they love has cancer that has come back or spread, or if you need to prepare them for the death of a parent or loved…
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Animations Explaining Brain Tumours (The Brain Tumour Charity – UK)

Animations Explaining Brain Tumours (The Brain Tumour Charity – UK)
These short video animations from the UK explain brain tumours, scans, and common treatments like chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, steroids. The videos were designed for children, but people of all ages may find it informative to watch them.
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Cancer and Work – Information for Patients and Carers (Cancer Council Victoria)

Cancer and Work – Information for Patients and Carers (Cancer Council Victoria)
In many cases, a diagnosis of a brain tumour will affect a person’s work life. Caring responsibilities may also impact the ability of family or friends to work when balancing demands of work and caring. Cancer Council Victoria provide some general information that you may find helpful when making decisions about working during or after cancer…
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