Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is the best way for a family to cope with a breast cancer diagnosis? 
2. How did having breast cancer affect you?
3. How would you describe your life before having breast cancer?
4. And then how would you describe your life after breast cancer?
5. What age were your children at the time of your diagnosis?
6. What treatment did you go through and for how long?
7. What types of coping methods did you personally peruse
8. Did you encourage your family to engage in any coping mechanisms? If you did what were they? If you didn't, do you wish you would have, and what types?
9. Can you describe to me ways that the American Cancer Society is helpful?
10. What roles and or new responsibilities did your husband have to take on?
11. For you as an individual, what was the hardest part of your diagnosis?
12. What was the hardest part for your family?
13. Initially, did you want to tell your kids, and how did you think they would handle it?
14. As time progresses, does it become easier to handle? What makes you think this?
15. Having helped out with the breast cancer support group for a very long time, what can you tell me about how younger children handle knowing about a breast cancer diagnosis?
16. Seeing as you are a founder of the support group, what made you start this group?
17. If you could, would you have started one with your family?
18. Who was your main supporter throughout your treatment? In what was were they there for you and did you notice it taking a toll on them?
19. How did you feel telling your family?
20. If you could say anything to a family struggling with a new diagnosis, what would it be? Is there anything specific you would recommend to them, if so what?