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Coping with a loved one's cancer

Struggling to Cope

Hi there, my name is Samantha and I am 24. On Boxing Day we received the news that a close family friend of ours had mulitple cancerous tumours that had spread throughout his facial nerves and to the centre of his brain and finally his brain stem. He is more of a f...Read More

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Mother diagnosed with endometrial cancer

Hello to everyone,I am writing this from far north in Estonia, I am 20 years old and my 53 year old mother was diagnosed with 3rd stage endometrial cancer in early December of 2020. She had complained about lower abdominal pain month prior and visited several docto...Read More

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Mood changes

Hi . My father (82) was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma 12 months ago. Since then he has been having weekly chemotherapy by medication and transfusions. Up until approx 3 months ago he had been coping ok and his levels have been slowly going down. However he has s...Read More

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OCD

I have terrible OCD coupled with my crippling anxiety and it is affecting my life. Sometimes I think about things that are not real. I want to get over it. How can I do it? Do you have suggestions?

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Late stage cancer

My wife recently died of colon cancer. She and I wrote about it, and thought it might be useful for others to read about our experiences. I hope this helps some people. https://anotherf-kingcancerblog.com/

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Having to be strong for everyone, when I myself can’t be strong

It has been the most hurtful, fearful 3 weeks of our lives. I’m 33 year old female, I am the oldest of two sisters 25,22. My mother 56 and my dad 55. All this started about two months ago. My dad was having a hard time swallowing and when he would eat his stomach w...Read More

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All new to this

My family and I have just found out that our mum has pantreatic cancer that has spread to the liver she is currently in hospital she had a stent put in to help with the jaundice then tackling the next part her cancer. When she gets out she will be organising her re...Read More

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Renal Cell Carcinoma spreads to adrenal glands and femoral bones

Good Afternoon every oneMy husband had been diagnosed in 2016 with RCC and he had a right nephrectomy.Again in 2019 he had a partial left as the cancer had spread to the left kidney. After his yearly check up we had been told that the cancer had now spread to the ...Read More

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New here, how do you cope?

Hi everyone. My name is Liz and I'm 35. I have two beautiful kids and live in WA. Today, the 17th of January, my partner turns 28. For his 28th birthday, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. He went to the hospital on Friday morning with severe bleeding from his bo...Read More

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Anxious & lost

I’ve suffered anxiety all of my life, but the past month it has gotten out of control. I have seen my dr and my meds increased and am seeing a psychologist. Will I get through this? Will I be ok again? I really need hope that life will be sunny once again.

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