John Wayne
John Wayne

If you're a woman close to a man fighting cancer, please answer these questions.

Help us shape new programs for the John Wayne Cancer Foundation by answering some or all of the questions below. When you are finished, please click the Submit button. If you choose to provide your name or email address, we may contact you to gauge your interest in participating in a focus group. Otherwise, your answers will remain anonymous.

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* 1. How has your experience with a man fighting cancer affected your professional life or career?

* 2. How has your experience with a man fighting cancer affected your personal relationships?

* 3. If you could have told your male friend/family how to interact with you during this experience, what would you have said to them?

* 4. Do you think it is more difficult for men to get support and/or reach out? If so, why?

* 5. During your experience with a man fighting cancer, did you have someone with a similar experience to talk to? If so, how was it helpful?

* 6. Was there a source of wisdom or support (a person, a book, your faith, a website, a journal, etc.) that you called upon during your experience as a loved one/caregiver of a man fighting cancer? If so, what?

* 7. Besides doctors, where did you get information about your loved one's cancer?

* 8. Do you feel like you had enough information?

* 9. How did you talk to your children about cancer or about being a relative/friend/caregiver of a man with cancer (if applicable)?

* 10. What was the hardest thing about being a relative/friend/caregiver of a man with cancer?

* 11. What do you wish someone had told you at the outset of your experience as a relative/friend/caregiver of a man with cancer to prepare you for what you went through?

* 12. Was there a resource you found to help you deal with the male mindset surrounding health and illness? If not, what kind of resource might be helpful?

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else. - John Wayne