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Following on from our previous post on energy bills, let’s look at another general household bill for home owners - Council Rates. Many local councils have a rate assistance or rebate policy for people in financial hardship, you may be able to:Claim a concession r...Read More
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I am 69 and my husband is 70. My husband was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer about 2 years ago. Following chemo and radiation the tumour was dealt with but the bad news was that it had spread to his liver. Following various treatments he has now been told there ...Read More
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Hello All, I would never usually do this but I feel that it's essential for future individuals, who may find this post, to perhaps learn something from my personal experience. This story, this information? Was received, experienced and learnt from my time fighting ...Read More
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Hi everyone, I'm new here, and has been a tough couple of weeks. My husband has been diagnosed with a pelvic tumour which we have got early, he has surgery soon for a pelvic resection , does anyone have any advice as to when he is home after hospital things they th...Read More
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I dont know if this is a similar experience by other carers/partners but my husband had (bowel) cancer in Dec 2013. Subsequent to that he got secondary cancers in his liver (2, about 10 months apart). He was very lucky and the cancer(s) was caught very early and...Read More
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Hey, Im not one to post things online or talk to strangers about things but I thought I would try this forum for some reason.
My younger bro of two years has terminal stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to his liver. He's been through all the shit stuff like alo...Read More
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My sister has been receiving chemo for her stage IV breast cancer for the last 5 months. Surgery and radiation is not an option, chemo is the only med at this time, unless they find a cure for her type of cancer. My question is complicated. My sister chose to ha...Read More
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Hi my husband was told he had kidney cancer in December he has now had surgery and is in recovery doing well but has up and down days with pain and discomfort and he takes out on me due to frustration as he is a very active person, just got to wait for post op appo...Read More
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My dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July of 2018. It was extremely lucky and the tumour was 1cm in diameter. He was given a good prognosis and responded well to chemo. We were hopeful & I took that time for granted. He stopped chemo in October temporari...Read More
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3 months ago I walked in from work to be sat down and received the worst news of my lifemy mum has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer that has spread to her bones and her liver, this all happened very quickly in a matter of a few weeks and turned our li...Read More
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