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Hello. I am new to this page. My Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer nearly 6mths ago. Thankfully they could operate however the surgeon found it had spread to lymphnodes and in his stomach. They were happy with the op outcome. He has been waiting to start che...Read More
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Hi all,In advance, apologies for the long post and Thank You for reading. My Mum is 72, already not in the best of health (pacemaker, diabetes and legally blind) and at the end of January a CT scan for something else completely unrelated discovered a large mass in ...Read More
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Caring for someone with advanced cancer can feel quite overwhelming. Cancer Council NSW’s podcast series, The Thing About Advanced Cancer, includes two episodes specifically for carers: In “Caring for Someone with Advanced Cancer”, Clinical Psychologist, Dr Toni L...Read More
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I am caring for my husband who is 31 years old. We have 4 children and he has always been our main provider so I could be a stay at home mom. Our oldest is 13 and our youngest is 18 months. In November 2018 my husband who had never been sick went to the ER with a r...Read More
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A cancer diagnosis doesn’t just affect one person. The ripples of that diagnosis extend throughout the family group, and can change the way that family members interact and support each other. People often think that a cancer diagnosis will bring families together,...Read More
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My mother in law has been cancer free for at least 6 years. She was never terminal and was cured. She decided to get breast implants which bankrupted her family and strained relationships even more than when she was struggling to fight the cancer. She survived the ...Read More
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My partner has T Cell Lymphoma. After a year of unsuccessful treatment, the Doctors have now told us he is terminal. For a while, we have talked about travelling to the UK where he is from. He has two older (adult) children from his previous marriage and is desper...Read More
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My nephew, 46 years of age, has been diagnosed with an advanced head and neck cancer. Sadly no one in the family knows many details as he has forbidden doctors to disclose anything with family members. All the family is finding it very hard to deal with him as he i...Read More
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My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer a few weeks after giving birth to our second child. She is only in her 30’s, and our eldest is 2. She is one year on from diagnosis. We were given less than 6 months, but she has responded amazingly to chemo and surge...Read More
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I feel like a bad person I know that my fiance has been through a lot with battling his cancer I get so angry with him when he knit picks at everything I do nothing is good enough for him since he found out that he is in remission his moods has changed alot he is a...Read More
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