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I of course cannot speak for everyone,but I can speak about my own young adult children,their friends and other families close to us going through the same thing.Cancer affects the whole family it affects the roles we all play in that family and I have found that children old enough to understand through their own pain and worry very quickly rally and take on an extra maturity.My own girls still continue to study which is difficult when your mum has cancer,they still continue to work part time to avoid any extra financial stress and they pick up as many jobs around the house as they can,vacumm

Hi, I'm a 42 y.o, single mum who has just got my second cancer in 2.5 years. First time was cervical, now it's in my lung. I go to the doctor tomorrow to see what he is planning to do. I've had a really horrible week, my boyfriend walked out on Tuesday when I was at work. I have no family where I live, and no close friends. I can't access support services as I'm not old enough, and my kids are now expected to be my carers. How the heck do I move on???

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Mum is holding her own most of the time right now, apart from an occasional bout with nasty nausea/vomiting. Its lovely to see her very chirpy since her decision not to have any further chemo and recent visits from far flung children and grandchildren have been highlights. Its been good to get some extra help set up with the nurse coming once a week to visit and homehelp there to shower her and do some housework 3X a week. I am so thankful for these support networks available to us.

After my operation, when I was waiting to do chemo therapy. I had to have blood tests every week for about 5 weeks. During that period, when I was visiting the oncologist, they told me that there was a slight chance that another tumour was growing. I tell you what, it will cause anyone sleepless nights when they are already dealing with just being diagnosed. http://www.thecancerstory.com/2011/09/part-10-game-of-time.html

Bad news. The new tumour looks worse while the original tumour looks the same. Try again, my partner told me to focus on the positive. The original tumour is the same. Great! The new tumour is of the same type, GBM. Excellent!! I can't see how he thinks this is positive. The Dr doesn't think he should continue with the clinical trial. Now it comes down to a few options of chemotherapy. I had high spirit this morning with quite a blue sky we had. Now it seems grey as with the sky in Melbourne.