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Guide
Holidays and travel
Difficulties with travel can often be avoided by good planning - enabling you to avoid or overcome any problems so that you can enjoy your travels and have a stress-free break.
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Guide
Staying safe - avoiding falls
It may be that as your condition progresses, you may have increased risk factors for falls. Some of these risks can be minimised by simply being aware of them, while others may need intervention.
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Sexuality
A serious illness need not mean the end of your sexual life, whether you are heterosexual, gay, bisexual, transgender, and in a relationship or not.
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Coping with work, family and living alone
Looking after yourself, supporting a famil and keeping up with work at the same time as coping with a serious illness and all the emotions it can cause may seem impossible. We have some advice which could help.
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Managing emotional effects
In this section, we suggest a variety of things that you might want to try. Helping yourself can help to give you back a feeling of control over your life.
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Guide
Depression after diagnosis
It’s not unusual to have times when you feel very low after an illness is diagnosed, and during or after treatment. Find out how to seek support for these feelings.
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Guide
Coping with breathlessness
Breathlessness is something that can be caused by many different illnesses and conditions.
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Guide
Coping with fatigue
Fatigue affects everyone differently and can cause a range of symptoms. Some people find that their fatigue is very mild and doesn't interfere much with their daily life, however, for some it's extremely disruptive.
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Guide
Mouth care
Certain illnesses and certain treatments for illnesses can affect the mouth, by making it dry or by making it sore. Find out more about coping and managing these side effects.
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Marriage
When diagnosed with a progressive illness many people wish to set their affairs in order. For some this may include arranging a marriage to a long standing partner for financial security and for clarity of inheritance.