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You may stop seeing friends, lose sleep, miss meals and finger guilty well-nigh doing anything fun. As daily routines are disrupted, you may start to finger a loss of tenancy over your life. It is important to pay sustentation to your own health and well-being while you superintendency for the person with wide cancer. Self-care moreover benefits those virtually you. It can bring relief to the person that you are caring for to know that you are moreover caring for yourself. And if you don't, you may shrivel out and be too tired to help anyone. Knowing Your Strengths and Limits Looking back, caregivers sometime say that they did not do unbearable or they tried to do too much. They wish they had wonted increasingly help sooner. Only without the wits has ended, do they realize how physically and emotionally difficult it was. You may be coping with other responsibilities work, children, finances and may put yourself last on the list of things to take superintendency of. Often caregivers hibernate their difficulties and pretend that they can deal with everything. Not taking superintendency of yourself can have a negative effect on your health sleep problems, depression, uneasiness and other physical problems can stupefy long-term health. Be honest with yourself well-nigh what you can do. Think well-nigh what is most important, and put whispered what is not.  Tips for LookingWithoutYourself Look without your health. Make time to eat regular meals, get unbearable sleep and alimony up with your own appointments. Make time just for you. Take breaks by exercising, going for a walk, taking a bath, talking to a friend or doing any of the things that have unchangingly given you pleasure. Make time for other family members, expressly children. Enjoy time together and alimony family routines when possible. Try to live in the moment and take things one day at a time rather than thinking well-nigh what lies ahead. Consider respite superintendency when you need a unravel from caregiving. Respite superintendency ways the person you are caring for has a short stay in a hospice, palliative superintendency unit or other facility. You can moreover unify for someone to come into the home to requite you a break. Lymphoma Patient ExperienceTakingTenancyYoung Adults Coping with Cancer CaregiversBasics of Caregiving Caring for someone with Lymphoma Tips for Caregivers Self-care for Caregivers Caregivers Need from Healthcare ProfessionalsSuperintendencyfor the CaregiverWideCancer Caregivers Overview CLL & SLL Hodgkin Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Are you a patient? Get Informed Are you a healthcare professional? See Resources News & Events October 28, 2018 NewsTITTM NewsEvents 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Idolem Hot... Read increasingly well-nigh 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! October 28, 2018 NewsTITTM NewsEvents 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Idolem Hot... Read increasingly well-nigh 3rd Annual take it to the mat Montreal- Registration now open! Main MenuWell-nighUsOur Team Our Partners Annual Reports Contact Us LymphomaPatientWitsOverview CLL & SLL Hodgkin Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Get InvolvedWays toRequiteVolunteer Join an event Create an event Share your story Shared Stories News & EventsNews Events Programs & ResourcesPublications Educational Sessions Healthcare Professionals Support Helpful Links Newsletter Archive Social Media Facebook Twitter Google + YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Contact Us Lymphoma Canada 6860 Century Avenue, Suite 202 Mississauga, ON L5N 2W5Telephone 905.858.5967 Toll Free: 1.866.659.5556General inquiries: info@lymphoma.ca Donate With your support, no one will have to squatter lymphoma alone. You can make a difference! 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