No one ever looks forward to cancer treatments and procedures. Even if you’re the most optimistic person in the world, the thought of medical treatments that might save your life can be pretty daunting.

When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, their life will never be the same again. Neither will yours. Very little in our education or job training teaches us how to help a family member or someone else important in our lives when they are going through cancer.

Being a cancer caregiver is not something we plan to do. It is a role thrust upon us by life, usually without any warning, often without any preparation.