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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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I don’t really know where else to post this. We need help! my beautiful mum has been fighting the biggest fight of her life. The fight against cancer! She got diagnosed with bowel cancer and it has since spread to her liver and lungs and now chemo doesn’t seem to b...Read More
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hi everyone. I'm looking for advice or experiences anyone has had around supporting a loved one facing the last stages of their cancer battle and their loved ones to have painful and difficult conversations. My mum was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer 9 years a...Read More
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In October last year my husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer stage 4, it had spread to his liver when diagnosed. He started chemo in November and so far has only been able to have had 5 treatments due to being unwell, mainly due to side effects. He is 63 ...Read More
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