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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 to whoever finds the time to read this.I'm posting here, looking perhaps for some guidance or advice.My wife's ovarian cancer has recurred after a 4 year remission. It spread to her omentum and she's just had surgery and will soon commence chemotherapy.I'm te...Read More
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HI everyone,im new around here but unfortunetly in our lives, cancer is not. Hubby got diagnosed CML in 2014, lost his cousin to AML in 2019, I lost my uncle to brain cancer in 2019 and I got diagnosed with a Neuroendicrine tumour of the appendix in 2019 as well. I...Read More
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Cancer has been in a part of my and my husband's world since 2009. In 2012-13, I was in a clinical trial at the NIH in Bethesda, MD. for an early form of Myeloma. Although I've been told this disease is never cured, I have had no sign of the disease since 2013. ...Read More
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Hi4 years ago, my wife was diagnosed with astrocytoma grade 2 in the front left temporal lobe. She had an operation to remove the tumor followed by radiotherapy. This year my wife, during her routine MRI, was told that the tumor may have returned. She's had surgery...Read More
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Hi, I am a sudden carer for my brother Jason who has been diagnosed with advanced small cell lung cancer with extensive brain mets. The change in our life has all happened so fast! One thing I have yet to get a handle on is how the care from home to hospice actuall...Read More
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my partner diagnosed last year- I’m sure this has affected him so much- the rage of anger and frustration feeling like he has no one to help him.bloody hard work as a support person ..
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So my partner of almost 4 years was recently diagnosed with Testicular which they removed and thought everything was ok but then now on his monthly scan have discovered the tumour in his liver and the cancer has gone gone into his back.. I think shock hit us first,...Read More
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My husband was diagonis with stage 4 lung cancer last August. He was on a trial drug for just over a year, it was working. Unfortunately the cancer metatsized to his brain and he had to have surgery to remove it. He can no longer be on the trial. He started Che...Read More
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Has anyone else lost close friends or family members who you thought would be there during treatment? I saw this and realized cancer ghosting was a lot more common than I thought Cancer Ghosting: The Traumatic Side Effect No One Warns You About Read More
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My eldest brother has had stage 4 pancreatic cancer for 3 years. He has undergone several rounds of chemo and immunotherapy treatment, however the last treatment didn't work. He was given a timeline from his oncologist last week of 3 months (I'm aware this perio...Read More
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