Counselling for cancer patients ^^

Some piece of my mind... ^^

Disebabkan saya dah jumpa ramai cancer patients & adik saya is one of them, I choose to wrote this.

Mesti kita tak familiar sgt kan?? Even saya pun mcm tu.. So, jom la kita baca ni...

Ok! Mostly tau kan.. bila someone di diagnose dgn cancer, the first question yg akan kita tertanya, "saya akan mati ke?" or "boleh ke saya diubati?" 

Kalau nak tau, diagnosis of cancer ni boleh membawa pelbagai emotional effects.. bukan je untuk patient tu sendiri, tapi their family gak..There will be a huge impact on your life! :) Setiap individu akan react differently.. Normal utk rasa risau, sedih, marah, x tentu arah, atau ada juga patient yg rasa isolated. Dan akan ada juga rasa kehilangan sebab semuanya x akan sama lagi macam dulu.. all your past life, change because of it! :')

So, the most important at this time is SUPPORT! Yup! They need your support! ^^

Ni antara yang mungkin di alami oleh cancer patients:

1.      Anxiety

2.      Tak pasti mengenai masa depan

3.      Marah

4.      Susah untuk menyesuaikan diri dgn penyakit yg di alami

5.      Distress

6.      Isu komunikasi di kalangan keluarga

7.      Depression

& macam-macam lagi. That's why counsellor amat di perlukan. Counselling dpt bg cancer patients ini peluang utk meluahkan isu mereka & belajar coping strategies yg terbaik utk diri mereka. Selain tu, counselling dpt membantu cancer patients dan family mereka utk menghadapi cancer diagnosis, dpt membantu mereka membuat goals hidup yg baru & byk lg.

Lagi pun, kan tugas kaunselor utk bantu mereka yg memerlukan utk melihat sesuatu isu tu dgn perspektif yg b’beza dan dgn emosi yg menyihatkan. Kaunselor boleh provide environment yg selamat utk cancer patients ckp mengenai kerisauan mereka.

Ni ada beberapa perkara mcm mana kaunseling boleh membantu cancer patients:

Counseling often helps people with cancer and those who care about them. Some goals are to:

• Learn ways to cope with a cancer diagnosis, feel less overwhelmed and more in control
• Explore the meaning of the cancer experience
• Manage difficult feelings, such as depression and anxiety
• Manage cancer symptoms and treatment side effects, such as pain and fatigue
• Learn how to communicate effectively with the health care team
• Address relationship issues and financial concerns that are causing distress
• Explore options and get feedback about important decisions
• Consider professional or workplace issues and strategies
• Talk about concerns that they may have about what comes next after finishing treatment
• Learn how to help their family understand and adjust to changes in routine as a result of a cancer diagnosisSource: http://www.cancer.net/coping-and-emotions/managing-emotions/finding-support-and-information/counseling

Sama mcm kaunseling individu lain gak, beberapa jenis kaunseling boleh dijalankan dgn cancer patients. Antaranya ialah kaunseling individu, couples or family counselling dan kaunseling kelompok.

Apa yang penting gak utk kaunseling cancer patients, kita kena ada knowledge pasal penyakit dan emotional responses mereka. Dan adalah amat penting utk kaunselor mempunyai sikap empati.

Last but not least, maybe x ramai yg memahami cancer patients ni. Even adik sy sendiri pernah ada pengalaman b’jumpa dgn kaunselor masa dia dalam rawatan. Di sebabkan cancer patients ni dalam emosi yg pelbagai, mereka kadang2 susah nak terima kita. But trust me, still they need someone that could understand them. Sbb the most important thing that cancer patients need is support & we could give it.  Same goes for their family. They need counselor. Do help them! :')

That's all from me... Thank you for reading ^^
- Nisha Nurshazwani Binti Baharom

Source: http://www.canfightcancer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cancer-Support-Group.jpg

Source: Macmillan Cancer Support. (2012, October 16). Counselling for cancer. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn5T6K3oytk