Table 1.
The Context of the Experience and the Caregiving Phenomena.
| Context of the Experience | Caregiving Phenomena |
|---|---|
| Set One | Set One |
| 1. Having a hard time dealing with emotional devastation | 1. Balancing my emotion |
| 1.1 Being in shock | 1.1 Staying positive |
| 1.2 Being in denial | 1.2 Searching for hope |
| 1.3 Being in panic | 1.3 Getting my mind off it |
| 1.4 Being fearful | 1.4 Avoiding the discussion related to cancer |
| Set Two | Set Two |
| 2. Knowing that a caregiving job was laborious | 2. Keeping life as normal as possible |
| 2.1 Feeling helpless | 2.1 Living one day at a time |
| 2.2 Feeling overwhelmed | 2.2 Rebalancing life at every step |
| 2.3 Feeling inadequate | 2.3 Getting out of the situation temporarily |
| 2.4 Feeing uncertain about the future | |
| Set Three | Set Three |
| 3. Knowing that I was not alone | 3. Lifting life above the illness |
| 3.1 Having a closer relationship | 3.1 Maintaining a meaningful life |
| 3.2 Having support from family and friends | 3.2 Accepting support from family and friends |
| 3.3 Having God watching me | 3.3 Leaving it in God’s hands |