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How do you or did you cope with a loved one’s diagnosis? What are your needs during this difficult time? What happens when your role moves from partner or friend to carer? Find out how others cope or share your experiences.
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Hello, I’m new here. My Dad has stage 3 throat and tongue cancer. I live several hours away but my other siblings live close to Dad. One of them has no time to help but I’m working with my sister to care for him. I’m traveling back and forth, staying about a week o...Read More
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On the 13th of January this year my dad was diagnosed with stage 3 throat cancer, at first I was sad and then angry however now all I feel is guilty that my life keeps going as “ normal “ whilst his getting treatment.I have no idea how to cope with what I’m feeling...Read More
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I live in Western Australia. As of 31 January 2022, I will not be allowed to be with my husband, or visit at any stage whilst he recovers, when he is scheduled to undertake his whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer. A cancer that is the worst thing you've ever ...Read More
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The beginning of this year has been one of the hardest experiences i will ever go through. My grandma was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer in January. I did not believe it. We went to so many different specialists as there was confusion. My grandma had multi...Read More
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Hi Everyone, My wife is 32yrs old and was diagnosed with stage 3 Ovarian Cancer in Jan this year - she had a radical hysterectomy and lymph nodes removed 6 weeks ago and has underwent 1 round of chemo out of 12. Unfortunately she is currently back in hospital (pri...Read More
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hey all , my dad has NK/T cell non Hodgkin’s lymphoma , diagnosed a few months back . the last three years my dad has been in and out of hospital . i was only 13, he has a nerve type thing but now three years later we realised it was the cancer , he was unable to w...Read More
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My partner who is only 46 has just been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, we started treatment on Wednesday, he will be undergoing 3 rounds of immunotherapy at 3 week intervals. Then have scans to see if he is responding to the treatment, then we go onto 4 week r...Read More
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Hi this is my first time posting on a forum. My dad was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in late October 2021 which had spread to his liver and near by lymph nodes. He hasn’t had a good start with chemo he only had one dose and than his liver function wasn’t good en...Read More
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My thoughts are very scrambled! My friend was diagnosed 3 yrs ago with stage 4 Breast Ca.4 days ago they told her there are no further treatments. Hospital has restricted visitors due to Covid! (I’m angry, inhumane -have we lost empathy during Covid?)She is in good...Read More
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