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My husband has just been diagnosed with aggressive salivary gland cancer. He is also a hemophiliac so surgery is risky. We have been seeing head and neck specialists and our last appointment was last week when we got results from second biopsy. We were told it is v...Read More
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My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. My husband, kids, and I decided to move in with her to help her physically and financially. Prior to move in we agreed on a certain rent amount and my daily duties to help her. Since moving in, my moms cancer (praise the lo...Read More
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My dad who I haven’t spoken to in almost 3 years due to a problem that happened in the past has been diagnosed with liver cancer, he is 60 years old. I don’t know what stage it is as he won’t tell me much, I asked the doctors about it however they said that my dad ...Read More
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Hi everyone i thought I would see what advice you all could give me in regards to going on a holiday whilst a loved one is undergoing cancer treatment. A bit of history - my mum was diagnosed with Sarcoma in 2015. In early 2017 we found that it had metastasised to ...Read More
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I'm not looking forward to tomorrow...more than likely it'll be my final time to say goodbye to my eldest brother. He is now in his final stages of pallitive care. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer two and a half years ago and after many rounds of chemo, surgeries...Read More
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Hi I am going out of my mind Hubby had just been told he has an epidural lesion with minor spinal compression at L1 , he has multpile spinla mets. He has a slight back ache but no other symptoms Our oncology appt is next Saturday but he has commenced on Dexamethazo...Read More
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I'm the ex-wife of a man who was diagnosed with melanoma about 6 years ago. We have three children together (a daughter, 18 and two sons aged 21 and 25) and we have both remarried. Last week we found out that he has multiple metastases (including brain) and so we'r...Read More
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My husband has diagnosed lung cancer during Christmas time. Now he is having radiation and chemotherapy. Before the treatment we were educated about some safety precautions for patient and family during chemotherapy. It is pretty scary. So my thinking is make less ...Read More
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Hi Everyone. Gee, I am going to sttuggle to write this without bursting in to tears. My partner has been battling colon cancer these last two years. Three weeks ago he found out that it had spread to his spleen. He is 54. His chemo, because of the metastasis, ha...Read More
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Hi. My 83 year old mum has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it's been a huge shock to our family. The oncologist doesn't seem to give much hope to mum just because of her age. 6 years ago, I lost my dad to terminal liver cancer and helped my mum nurse...Read More
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