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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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My apologies firstly if this is not the correct way to introduce yourself etc but I am struggling and just wanted to write it down. My darling mum was diagnosed with terminal small cell lung cancer, which is inoperable, in January 2015 with suspected brain tumor. I...Read More
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Hi Everyone, My name is Sally, I am the wife and carer of Tony who was initially diagnosed in 2013 with Stage 4 prostrate Cancer, we were told without treatment Tony would have less than 12 months of life with us .
As the caner had spread to his kidneys and lungs i...Read More
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My husband was diagnosed in April with terminal cancer. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer 20 months ago, he had op to remove and also 8 months of chemo. 3 months later cancer was back, they operated again and then in April cancer is back and also spread to the pan...Read More
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Does anybody know about Mesothelioma and how quick God can take them. I would obviously rather that she does not suffer and she said she feels great. She had her lungs fixed so she's breathing better and its so hard to believe she's going to die. She says she's s...Read More
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My partner has finished his treatment.
60 days in hospital for treatment tha was supposed to be as an outpatient.
We now just have to wait on the PET scan that should be done mid September.
His Radiation Oncologist has retired and wasn't very helpful from the start...Read More
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My partner has finished his treatment.
60 days in hospital for treatment tha was supposed to be as an outpatient.
We now just have to wait on the PET scan that should be done mid September.
His Radiation Oncologist has retired and wasn't very helpful from the start...Read More
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A CT scan found a tumour in my husbands pancreas in late December last year. It was small and looked operable. He had a distal pancreatectomy in January but when they opened him up he had localised peppering outside the pancreas. The surgeon removed all he could se...Read More
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My Husband was diagnosed with throat cancer ( tonsils) in February this year, he has had chemo and 87 percent of his radiotherapy treatment, he can't finish treatment because of his adverse reaction to the radium. He was hospitalised for three weeks because he had ...Read More
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My husband got diagnosed with bowel cancer 18months ago, they said they were doing a curative operation. After op they suggested 8 months of chemo just to play it safe, to mop up anything that might have been left behind. 2 months after chemo finishes, first pet sc...Read More
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hi there, thought I would introduce myself.
I am here to get some more knowledge, support and suggestions on dealing and helping my mother with lung cancer.
the one person that has always been my rock, its not time for me to return the favour, and to do that I wo...Read More
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