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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I have someone in my life who was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer earlier this year. they said they'd try to give her up to at least another 6 years to live which if you read it might seem like a long time, but she is in major pain from everything I hear. the...Read More
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Hi allmy husband has stage 4 esophagus cancer and is fed via a tube through a stent in the tumour, and to his intestines. He has no energy as he isn’t having enough feeds, despite Meyer efforts to encourage him. We have moved from a rural area to be closer to famil...Read More
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The last several years, my mum had bladder cancer. She's had several blocks of treatment and now has the all clear, and is coming up to the last few months of "preventative" chemo. So she's lucky. Yet I'm still traumatised by the whole thing. I'm 46 and live at hom...Read More
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My Dad has just been diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer, he can only have chemo..my feelings are all over the place and I am trying to be strong..especially for my mum and family..is this ok..
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Hi guys, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer 2 weeks ago, and just got more news that it has spread all over his body. It's tough to hear considering he goes to the doctors every 3months and nothing has ever been picked up! I'm angry at his gp for not picking ...Read More
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Hi everyone, I am new to the community and just wanted to post to sort of introduce myself and reach out.My name is Ellen and my lovely Mum has very recently been diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer. She is receiving treatment but the cancer is incurable ...Read More
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My Wife of over sixty years has developed medically diagnosed diminished mental capacity after mastectomy surgery. I have researched all possible causes, and it appears people, when reaching old age, the possibility of brain damage from deep anaesthesia is probable...Read More
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After reaching out here previously. I advised my dear friend and her parents to contact the Cancer Council for support. They have been overwhelmed and struggling to keep up with hospital stays, appointments, gps etc... and haven't called. She has been told 3-6 mont...Read More
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My wife is in hospital recovering from a Whipple procedure surgery on the 24th June 2023.. She was diagnosed very early and fortunately the Surgeon was able to access the pancreatic growth and remove it without interference of too many blood vessels. It seems the L...Read More
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Hi everyone, I’m feeling so lost as to help my dad! My dad has had radio for his skin cancer and now we’ve been told there’s a secondary suspect tumour near his heart. Next week we find out if it’s beneign or cancerous which will determine if we just wait for him t...Read More
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