The rest of the world and ordinary life doesn’t suddenly stop when you are living with cancer. Everyday life issues like school, work, sports and relationships continue to be a part of your life. Sometimes cancer may seem to consume more of your life than you would like, but on the horizon is the rest of your life that you want to get on with!!!

It may take time for you to figure how best to go about “getting on with life.” Disclosing that you or your brother or sister has cancer to your work or schoolmates may be difficult. You may be concerned that people will treat you differently. You may notice a change at school, work and with your personal and professional relationships.

Change however is not always a bad thing. The change that takes place may be more about how you have changed since living with cancer and less about how others have changed in the way they treat you.