Living with cancer
Self image
Cancer and its treatments can bring about many physical changes, mainly temporary but occasionally permanent. These changes can affect both how you look and how you feel about yourself. It may, in turn, affect your confidence levels.
This section will help find ways to address how you adjust to the changes, and to deal with their emotional and physical impact.
If you have been affected by cancer in some way and would like to talk to someone about what you have read or need help finding information - you are welcome to drop into any Maggie’s Centre or to visit Maggie’s Online Centre and talk with a cancer support specialist.
Cancer and body image
Read more about what 'body image' means and what can be done to help.
Link last reviewed: Friday 6 January 2017
Produced by: Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support
National organisation
Macmillan Cancer Support is a large cancer charity which has merged with Cancerbackup. Both Macmillan and Cancerbackup are dedicated to supporting people affected by cancer. Macmillan develops and provides a wide range of medical, practical, emotional and financial services, including the distribution of information. Cancerbackup is the specialist cancer information charity, and provides over 6,000 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for patients with any type of cancer, their families and carers.
Look good feel better
Look Good Feel Better is a charitable organisation which provides practical and free services for women and teenagers suffering from the visible side effects from cancer treatment. Check on their website for details of workshops in your area.
Link last reviewed: Tuesday 20 June 2017
Produced by: Look Good Feel Better
Look Good Feel Better
National organisation
Look Good Feel Better (LGFB) is the only international cancer support charity, providing practical and free services for women and teenagers suffering from the visible side effects from cancer treatment. LGFB is dedicated to improving the wellbeing and self-confidence of people undergoing treatment for any type of cancer.
Cancer.Net
International organisation
Oncologist approved information from the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Livestrong
International organisation
Livestrong is an American organisation which gives you the information and guidance you need to learn your options, what to expect and what to ask They provide support to guide people through the cancer experience, bring them together to fight cancer—and work for a world in which the fight is no longer necessary.
Teenage Cancer Trust
National organisation
An organisation dedicated to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer
Look Good, Feel Better for Men
Day to day tips on care of skin, hair, body and mind for men with cancer.
Link last reviewed: Tuesday 4 July 2017
Produced by: Look Good, Feel Better for Men
Look Good, Feel Better for Men
International organisation
Day to day tips on care of skin, hair, body and mind, for men.
INGA wellbeing
International organisation
Motivated by their own encounters with ill-health, INGA Wellbeing want to ensure that patients retain their sense of self, dignity, independence and confidence during treatment. Their range of male and female day and nightwear aims to help individuals feel and be seen as ‘more than a patient; a person’.
Maggie's Centres
National organisation
Located in the grounds of major NHS cancer hospitals,as well as online, Maggie's Centres are places that can give the extra emotional, practical and social support that people with cancer need.
