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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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This year has been hard enough after my Dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour, having surgery and everything else that has gone on in between. We have received limited support from extended family who have called once or twice and rarely respond to text messages, h...Read More
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to find ways to stay focussed and remain positive. staying on top of kids daily issues. telling ones partner that live is wonderful and living daily without big plans.
reassuring kids that i will allways be there, as in the dad. also trying to remain strong, do not...Read More
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Hi all,
Myself and another woman have started a facebook group called NSW Widows.
I am a member of another group on facebook that has members from the USA, UK, Europe and also Australia. Some of them meet up and have a blast.
We are trying to get something simila...Read More
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Hi everyone,
Im new to this forum as are the other new posters I guess.
My Dad is currently at the end of his life but I have no idea how long he has to go.
It's horrific watching him die.
He had melanoma removed from his head in 2011. It was not taken very se...Read More
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I'm looking for someone my age 48 that is going through the same highs & lows dealing with this deadly disease, as a carer i can't seem to find anyone to talk to & be able to share my journey
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Hi everyone.
I have never been the kind of person to need support.
I can handle all sorts of things, everything life has had to throw at me. Until now.
I wasn't ready for the news that the god mother of my children, the mother of my god child - one of my closest f...Read More
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First off, thank you to those who have taken the time to read my posts, i cant guarentee they will make sense to you , but im just glad someone is looking and reading .
Cancer has hit my family in ways ive never imagined. 7 years ago i lost my Nanna 1 to cancer , ...Read More
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Helping Others :
When my daughter was diagnosed with NHL, 7 years ago, I discovered that this was the most difficult part of my life.
She is all clear now.
I am still living with this fear. I needed someone who had been through a similar situation with an adult ...Read More
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My mother was recently diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. It has been a major shock as there is no history of cancer in our family and there were no symptoms until two months ago when she began experiencing abdominal pain and losing weight. She has begun ch...Read More
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Hi everyone,
i am a mother and my beautiful daughter aged 21 has been diagonised with bowel cancer. She has just had a stoma put on and is not coping with it at all. she thinks it is ugly she feels ugly. I am trying to be positive to her. Is there any other you...Read More
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