After losing my mother to cancer in 2001, I realized many of us attempting to cope with grief could really use some practical help. My mother was lucky enough to have a wonderful man who took loving, gentle care of her until she passed over, but many people aren't that blessed. So, below are links on chronic illness, terminal illness, and some for those left here after losing a person or animal they love. -- Barb

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Coping through humor

The relationship between humor and anxiety | How one family used humor | Article: Humor & Death | Mind If I Laugh? | Morbidly amusing mercandise | Humor and heart disease | Psychoneuroimmunology and humor | Using humor to cope with stress

Living While Dying

Beyond Indigo: forum for those coping with terminal illness | Spirituality and Alternative Healing | End of Life Issues | Psychotherapy in the terminally ill | Coping with terminal cancer | if i should die.co.uk | What You Should Know About | Terminal illness in children | Book list for children coping with grief and dying | The stages of the terminally ill | Living the time that remains | Psych Cental

Chronic illness or pain

Exerpt from "After the Diagnosis" | Ten Resolutions | Tips for coping with chronic illness | The Cleveland Clinic: coping | Self-care quiz | Coping and support for women | Coping with chronic pain | American RSDHope Group: Chronic pain articles |

Loss of a beloved animal

Harmony Animal Hospital: Pet loss | Canadian Animal Health Institute: Coping with loss | Self Healing Expressions: E Course | Broken Wings of Fallen Angels: Grief and Pet Loss | Almost Heaven: Coping with Pet loss | Pet Loss Support Hotline

Cancer Survivors

Cancer Survivors Online | Cancer Survivors Network | National Cancer Survivors Day | National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship | Onco Chat: Online Peer Support for Cancer Survivors, Families, and Friends | Recipes for breast cancer survivors and their friends | Life after cancer treatment | The Meeting Place for Breast Cancer Survivors | Prostate Cancer Survivors | Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association

Coping with grief

AARP: Grief and Loss | Teen Outreach: Coping through grief | Coping with grief | GriefNet.org | Harvard Health Publications: Dealing with grief | Coping with grief during holidays | Witchvox: Coping with grief | BabyCentre: Coping with miscarrige | iVillagers coping with miscarriage | Coping after Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death | When your baby is stillborn

Life-threatening illness

Mesolthelioma info | The Calm Zone | Facing a life threatening illness | Interstitial Cystitis Network | Mind/Body Connection | Brave Kids: Resources for children | One voice for childrens palliative care | Tender Living Care: to help children and teens cope with life threatening illness in their families | MetLife: Coping with a major illness

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