FAQs

Counselling can address body image concerns, fear of recurrence, and relationship changes. It helps patients and caregivers express emotions, strengthen resilience, and live with greater peace and purpose. You don’t have to go through this alone. Reaching out to friends, family, or a support group can bring comfort. Sometimes, just talking can bring relief. Healing […]

Counselling is a safe space where you can share your thoughts and feelings with someone who is professionally trained to listen and support you. It’s confidential and non-judgmental. It helps you explore your challenges, talk about fears, pain and emotions. It helps patients manage stress, discover ways to cope, find hope and meaning during treatment

Listen with care. Offer help with daily tasks. Be patient with their emotions. Encourage them to attend medical appointments and join support groups. Avoid giving advice unless asked.

Cancer is a physical disease, but it can significantly affect your emotional health. Cancer doesn’t just affect the body. It shakes emotions, relationships, and identity. Healing involves caring for body, mind and spiritual. Survivorship differs with each person; yet, many survivors share these common emotions overwhelmed, fear and worry, stress and anxiety, anger, sadness and

Caregivers often feel tired, stressed, worried, grief and lonely. They may struggle to balance caregiving, work, and family. Counselling, support groups, and talking to other caregivers can help them cope and feel less alone.

Seek consultation if any abnormality observed

Yes, you need to empty the bag first and tug in the stoma bag before swimming.  Make sure that the skin barrier still has reasonably good adhesiveness.

Bleeding can occur when we wipe too hard on the stoma, or the cotton is too dry. Granuloma – a small, raised tissue surrounding the stoma also bleed easily.  If the bleeding is at the stoma surface, you can use a cotton to apply pressure on the bleeding point, and it will stop within seconds. 

Stoma is full of small blood vessels, so it bleeds easily although it stops quite fast too, try avoid usage of dry cotton or gauze to wipe the stoma.  Do not rub too hard on the stoma to avoid bleeding.  Clean the skin surrounding the stoma thoroughly to avoid residues of fecal matter stays on