In our participant’s words…

I heard about this program through my Union around the time that my mother found out her previous cancer had come back and metastasised. I was her primary carer through this time. Unlike her previous cancer treatment which was fairly straightforward, this time round we knew it was going to be terminal but was also throwing out a panoply of difficult side effects that impacted her quality of life. Symptom management involved trials of medications and procedures that also impacted a separate long term and previously well-managed medical condition and threw it off-kilter. At the same time, every time she left hospital for home (after being in bed for days or weeks) she was considerably weaker than when she left.

I contacted one of the Osara Health Coaches and it was a huge relief that – when I mentioned a side effect or symptom – he had a very clear idea of what that meant or the impact of it and I didn’t need to explain everything. Very grateful for this service, caring for someone with cancer on top of work and home is wearing.