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7 MONTHS AGO MY VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL FULL OF LIFE 23 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER (NOW 24) WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE FORM OF CANCER CALLED A EWING'S SARCOMA, WHICH WAS FOUND IN HER PELVIS AND AT THE TIME WAS BEING TREATED AS SCIATICA AS SHE HAD EXTREME LOWER BACK, leg and NERVE...Read More
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My husband has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer....well, not exactly diagnosed yet. 20 years ago he fought off non-hodgkins lymphoma - twice. Extensive bone marrow and radiation was carried out and it just seemed to 'disappear'. I have noticed physical c...Read More
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HelloHave been caring for a stoic brave soul for 5 1/2 years. He has stage 4 rectal cancer and has had most of the rectum removed. His cancer has spread to the liver and some lymph areas and he is still on fortnightly chemo because of this. And he still fights on....Read More
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Hello,I am in my 20s and I have quit my full time job to be a fulltime carer for my single mother who has terminal cancer. She has a prognosis of less then 1 year, I have moved back home to take care of her. At the moment I am struggling to adjust from being indepe...Read More
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Well here I am! After going over and over in my head about what I should do! My mother has been diagnosed with metastatic bowel cancer in August this year. She has moved interstate to live with us as she had not much support and the medical system in the ...Read More
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Hi, my my dad was just diagnosed with severe bowel cancer. It’s in his lymph nodes. 8 weeks ago he had no symptoms, no pain, nothing. Then all of a sudden 8 weeks later, he’s in the hospital at 3am because he can’t stand the pain and he’s planning his own funeral. ...Read More
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Hi all, My Mother has just been diagonosed with Lung and Liver cancer. We don't know anyone who has gone through this type of cancer. Doctor's are saying the Lung is the primary cancer and liver secondary. My Mother is contining to work to distract her self whil...Read More
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Hi all, I don’t know how to deal with this resentment I feel towards my partner. I feel like all I am here for is to care for him. And it is happiness that matters, I feel very miserable and selfish.
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My mum has lung cancer and se ondaries in 3 places. I am sick of people telling me "well, you’re at that age where parents will die" just because im 48, doesn’t make it any easier to live with!!!!
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Hi everyone , my beautiful healthy vibrant mother had just got off her first ever cruise in October 2018. She was diagnosed with glioblastoma grade 4 brain cancer in November of the same year and everything just fell apart. My parents at the time lived 7 hours away...Read More
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