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Cancer survivor struggling with dads prognosis

I myself have faced cancer and was fortunate enough to beat it many years ago, however in 2019 a few days after having my 3rd child my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer I've tried to be positive and hopeful he can beat it but I'm now pregnant and I'm real...Read More

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My Mumma has 3 types of Cancer

I never thought I would have to write something like this but at the start of the year 1st Jan my mum got taken to the hospital via ambulance 3 days later we found out that she had stage 4 bowel, liver and bone cancer, other then that she was so healthy, yesterday ...Read More

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Hi my mum has stage 4 breast cancer

Hi my Mumma has stage 4 Breast cancer, the hospital missed it and now she’s in stage 4 and I pain . Is there anyway I can help out with the pain or anything . Please and thank you ❤️

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Home Help

Hi all, Dad is starting treatment and Mum has memory issues. I can't support them both on my own. What kind of support will my dad need at home, if my mum is not always able too? What support have patients found that that they needed or wanted the most?

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My dads got cancer

Hi all, so my dad(79) has got cancer and is about to go into hospital to have 2 cancers remover, it’s in the lining between his prostate and his bowel, he is going to have immunotherapy after they are removed, I have no idea what we are in for, my mum(76) has a wal...Read More

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Cancer prognosis

Hi there My mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2017.Last year in September, she was diagnosed with diffuse large B cell non Hodgkin's lymphoma.They gave her 4-6 weeks to live. She went downhill and into palliative care.She then has improved so much that she ...Read More

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Diagnoses with Stage 1b3 Cervical cancer, doctors took so long to treat that it spread?

Hi, my mother was diagnosed with stage 1b3 Cervical cancer in April of 2021 but wasn't even treated until the end of July, they cut it out first then did Chemo around the area after but I'm wondering if that should of been reversed as the cancer spread and it's now...Read More

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Feeling utterly hopeless

Hello everyone, My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 4 with brain metastasis last summer in August. This news came as a shock to everyone in our family as my mother was usually in very good health. Since then, she has been receiving chemo treatment, takin...Read More

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Enduring Nausea- several weeks after chemotherapy/radiotherapy

Hi everyoneMy mother who is 71 recently completed an intense 6 week period of weekly chemotherapy sessions and daily radiotherapy sessions. Since the last week of treatment, she has become very unwell, unable to swallow due to oesophagitis, and constantly feeling n...Read More

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Mum Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

Hi Everyone, My darling Mummsy has been diagnosed with lung cancer. At this point in time we don’t even know what stage. We do know that it’s in both lungs but scans don’t show it has spread to her stomach or naval which is what her GP was worried about. We see spe...Read More

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