Facing a life threatening illness and even successfully surviving it can be a heavy burden on your mental health as well as your physical health. If you get depressed tell your doctor or contact your local mental health agency. You don't have to suffer more than what you are already facing.
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As a family member or friend it can be tough to know what support to offer someone as they are recovering. Many times your friend or loved one can feel overwhelmed by "good intentions." Unless they are at risk of hurting themselves or ask for help don't assume they need it or want it.
Depression can creep in on both the person with the problem and those around them. Don't be afraid to get help. If you're not sure if you need it or what help to get check out these two websites: http://walkers.org/ or http://www.depression.com/
Having trouble getting motivated to exercise or to get someone else to join with you? There is great new game out that can help by a scoring system, fun rewards and other little motivators. Check it out at http://www.fitnesschallenge.com/
My husband tells me that he has problems with people not understanding that just because you lived through your surgery/treatment that they don't understand that you still feel less than 100%. There is a good blog on this that can help.
http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/the-invisible-chronic-illness-experience
Stay on your medication even after you're feeling better! It's easy to think you may not need them anymore, but you will. I know this from experience. So STAY ON YOUR MEDS!
Here are things that help me stay better:
Stay busy. Eat right. Exercise. Rest enough. Find new hobbies. Get lots of fresh air.
http://sa.depnet.com/universe2/the_course/stay_well/are_you_active/
If you are diagnosed with depression, find out all you can about it. Google, google, google!
http://sa.depnet.com/universe2/help_yourself/
Do whatever you can to avoid cancer! Here are some very useful information that can help you: http://ezinearticles.com/?Thirty-Things-You-Can-Do-To-Avoid-Cancer&id=1…
it is very important to be informed about cancer. You can start here: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment
if you have cancer, the last thing you want to give up is hope! this site can help you: http://www.hope4cancer.com/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A.
Please refer this link for your further queries about treatment for TB
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/default.htm
For diagnosis of cancer and for further treatment please refer to the below link.
http://www.mdanderson.org/contact-us/index.html
For doubts related to kidney diseases please visit the following sites
http://www.kidney.org/
http://www.baxter.com/conditions/sub/renal_failure.html
Another great site for information on epilepsy, as well as the different medications used to treat epilepsy is http://www.webmd.com
Another great source of information on epilepsy, its treatment, and sources for epilepsy support is http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org
Another great site for information on epilepsy treatment options, including medication, vagus nerve stimuation, and surgery: http://www.nomoreseizures.org/
More Evidence That
Exercise Prevents Cancer
http://preventdisease.com/home/tips42.shtml
http://www.depressionatoz.com/ is a very useful website. It's not much detailed, but you get the main facts in a few minutes.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ not actually about one illness, but a general medical news website.