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Coping with a loved one's cancer
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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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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Hi Forum, I am hoping that someone “out there” has some experience/knowledge of Sarcoma, specifically Angio Sarcoma? My wife has contracted this quite rare form of tissue cancer (diagnosed in March 2019 and at first thought it was more common Breast cancer) as ther...Read More
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This seems to be the narrative in recent years. I'm far from new from the cancer community. I have just gotten to a point where I need to either unload to random stranger who aren't my family and friends, or I'll explode. It's that simple. I just need to put thoug...Read More
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Hi, In September 2018 my partner was diagnosed with Stage 3a lung carsenosarcoma cancer. She underwent a gruelling treatment of chemo and radiotherapy, followed by successful surgery in December. She was recovering well, but had a stroke in May that was diagnosed ...Read More
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Hi,I am new to this community. My husband of 31 years is currently battling terminal cancer, and has been told he has only months to live. He was first diagnosed with colon cancer three years ago, and since then his cancer as spread to other major organs. Through...Read More
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