I recently got the message that everyone fears, I have cancer. It's in an early stage and only affects a smaller area, however there's still a lot of tests to be performed and the problem I now face is how to handle all of this.

My family cannot know, though I realize that this is probably impossible to keep hidden for long, mostly due to the surgery and other factors.

For now I stand alone with this and I cannot rely on anyone in my family.

I was then thinking if anyone had any other solution for a support system? I know there's a lot of forums out there and so on and I always know there are centers for cancer patients, but have any of you had any experience with these?