This week's question · CANCER CAREGIVERS
What helped you most in the first two weeks after the diagnosis?
Answer in a sentence or a paragraph. There is no wrong way to answer.
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When my mother was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer, I became her caregiver overnight. I had no training, no roadmap, and no one around me who had done this before. I needed a place where someone understood what 3 a.m. feels like. I found it here.
— JAMES T., CANCER CAREGIVER, OHIO