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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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Hello, so I am very new to this. My boyfriend and I have been together for just over 4 years. And he has been battling brain cancer for the past 2. I don't want him to die I love him and wanted to spend my life with him but his condition is worsening. I feel like h...Read More
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Kim HobbsThe fourth episode in our new podcast series covers how it can be hard to know when to offer help to someone affected by cancer. If someone has just been diagnosed or has been living with cancer, whilst you may want to be supportive, it can often be hard t...Read More
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Hello. On the 8/12/2017 my dad was diagnosed with cancer. It started in his lungs and has spread throughout his body.... brain/spine/stomach. It's been a roller coaster since then. I've been asked to be strong for my mum/dad and my kids. Which I have done to the b...Read More
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Recently my mum has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy in the upcoming months (I will be her primary carer during this time). It's great to see the amount of support she is receiving from family and friends. ...Read More
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I thought talking about how I am feeling here might help me cope with my partner's cancer.About 10yrs ago I lost my Mum to cancer after she put up a good fight & following her my father to COPD.Late last year we found out that my partner has stage 4 lung cancer tha...Read More
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My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 Bladder cancer which has spread to th pelvis he also has a return of Bower cancer, that was in 2016 after chemo and radiation he was fine for a year but the bladder cancer is active again they are saying the might need to remov...Read More
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