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My husband met with his oncologist yesterday who gave him the good news that his brain tumor had shrunk due to radiation treatment. We were so happy for a few minutes and then POW!!! he suggested very strongly that we need the Palliative Care Team to be involved NOW.My heart just sank from being on such a high and then swoop down to the lowest low and then stabilise. He has a scan next week to see if his lung cancer has spread,if not then his medical team will decide if a combination of radiation and chemo will help him be more comfortable.At the moment he is struggling.

The gift that my 3 beautiful daughters gave me today meant so much to me about life and I wanted to share it with this wonderful community of ours.The gift is a 5 foot wooden stand that reads; LIVE LIKE HEAVEN IS ON EARTH,LOVE LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN HURT,LAUGH LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING,SING AS IF NO ONE CAN HEAR,DANCE AS IF NO ONE IS WATCHING,DREAM LIKE THERE ARE NO IMPOSSIBILITIES,PLAY LIKE THERE ARE NO WINNERS,GIVE LIKE YOU HAVE PLENTY,SMILE TILL YOUR FACE HURTS,CHERISH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Hugs and wishes to all X

How do you keep your sanity in the wonderful world of cancer,do you pray it goes away,do you fight it all guns drawn.do you embrace it and learn from it or do you live with it and just ride the bumps.I dont have the answers but I do have emotions that I never knew existed,maybe this is a blessing,maybe now I can feel maybe now I can cry or laugh or just be.Hugs and wishes to all out there fighting,praying,laughing,crying or just being.

Thank you Sandy and Alison for the welcome. I feel that I have found the right place to be.

Hi everyone My mum was diagnosed with sarcoma uterine cancer a week or so ago and has her first oncologist appointment on Monday. We don’t know the stage or treatments offered yet. I have talked about it so much and tried to express how I feel, and basically I’m sh*tting myself. I hate reading and speculating so I wanted to hear from real life people that have been through this and survived this. Please, no disrespect intended, but I don’t want to hear non survival stories. We need all the positivity we can get at the moment. Thank you!

Today was the day I met with the surgeon and was given the news that my bowel cancer was stage T3 and that I would have to have 5 weeks of chemo and radiation before the big op for a permanent colostomy bag.Am ever so grateful that the cancer isnt in the lungs or liver and I am able to have a good chance at fighting this insidious disease.Thanks to all of you wonderful people in this community I have been able to feel stronger and because of you all I feel understood and supported. Hugs and best wishes to all stay strong and believe x