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Cancer Center > New Patient Information > Emotional Impact

Emotional impact



New patient information
1. What to expect
2. Talking with your care team
» Question checklist
3. Emotional impact
4. Sharing your feelings
5. Finding support

When you have been told that you or your loved one has cancer, it is normal to feel stressed and upset. Cancer affects a person’s physical well-being, self-esteem and daily activities. Changes and loss can create strong feelings of grief and sadness, and it is important to learn how to deal with these feelings. Give yourself time to make the adjustment. Remember that many people with cancer will be treated successfully and live many years with a high quality of life after diagnosis.

Park Nicollet offers patients many forms of support, such as consultations with therapists, counselors and spiritual care providers.

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