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Hello,
Please excuse me for being so brief, I will write more once all kids are in bed. Just wanted to introduce myself quickly
My teenage son has been battling leukaemia for the last 4yrs.
Relapsed after 18mths of treatment, bone marrow transplant, major complic...Read More
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Hi everyone this is my first post. I am caring for my 32 year son who was diagnosed with HL in October. He has moved back home and I am very grateful for this. Is has not been easy coming to terms with this. I don't know if I will ever come to terms with it. My so...Read More
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Hi all, I’m 22 years old and my mum was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Cancer just before my 21st in 2015, she was diagnosed with breast cancer that has moved through to her bones. In 2015 she started radiation which made her really sick, we then had about 2 rou...Read More
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Hi my name is Lauren and I have a loved one with breast cancer and I want to be here to support her and help her fight this terrible cancer. I'm getting very worried about her at the moment as she has had this cancer for about a month and on chemo pills she sees t...Read More
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Is IPTAAS available for partners, next of kin, carers to visit there loved one in hospital? I live 230km from where my husbandis having a series of High Dose Chemo followed by Stem cell transplants, he is quiet ill and we have kid at home, so I am down in Sydney ev...Read More
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my husband of 44 yrs has terminal cancer has a lot of pain sleeps most of the time I feel like we are on a roller coaster ride (I am scared of roller coasters) life going up and down last week in hospital blood transfusions etc etc this week home and sleeping 21hrs...Read More
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Dear fellow carers, My name is Di.I'm caring for my husband, 4 years since diagnosis, sadly now In his final stage of kidney metastic cancer. Look forward to chatting up here.
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My husband is in hospital 3.5 hours away his had high dose chemo and a stem cell transplant, we can't afford for me to stay down there. But the catch is he is so unwell and doesn't get to message or call me very often. I have no no idea how he is and what is happe...Read More
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Hi. This is the first time I've been on here, and It's reached a point where I need an outlet. As I feel lost as to where to turn to.I'm a single new-ish mum living with my parents and my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer a year ago. As the months, weeks, days...Read More
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Hi My mum passed away about 4 yrs ago from breast cancer. She didn't tell anyone about it so by the time we found out we only had a couple of months with her. It still hurts to think about everything she went through alone. The doctors said she was taking panadol t...Read More
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