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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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I am a carer for a friend recently diagnosed with lung cancer. He is having a lot of trouble accepting this and therefore stress levels are rising. Lots of talk about walking away from treatment.This cancer thing is totally new for me and I have trouble answering h...Read More
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I am a mother of beautiful daughter who HAD non Hodgkins lymphoma . She is 5 years " all-clear" now. She was diagnosed on the 13th march 2006.
Today I will attend my FIRST local cancer support group.
I could not do this before now.
I have been too frightened that ...Read More
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My Dad has had a horrible month, he had a stroke, then found out he is diabetic, now he has learnt that he has locally advanced bowel cancer.
He is still in rehab at hospital and goes to the toilet hourly, and is losing a lot of blood.
He's been told that the cance...Read More
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Hi all, I am caring (medical appointments as mum will not tell the doctors the truth and leaves out important details)for my mum who has primary liver cancer, it is such a maze and feel really bad when I want to complain.
Mum was dx in April 2011 and had chemo and ...Read More
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Hello I am new to this forum but I am so happy that I found it. It's so hard trying to get things off your chest when you partner is dagnosed with cancer. Everyone offers you help which is a wonderful support but actually talking to someone about what is going th...Read More
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I would like to know what it feels like for other people when they hear the word bowel cancer and they coped in the first weeks. Also would like to hear about decisions people make about whether to have surgery for Stage II bowel cancer w/o chemo & radiotherapy. ...Read More
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Hello to anyone out there,
I live in Adelaide and my sister who has aggressive Peritoneal cancer has asked me to try and find somewhere for her to die. I know this is a big task, but she would really prefer not to die in hospital or at home. If anyone has any conn...Read More
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feeling confused, nanny got back results from pet scan and they are now saying hot spots were seen on lining of lungs and blood vessels into the pancreas ,,, where her cancer originally started.. not strong enough for chemo at the moment so has to try to build hers...Read More
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My name is Tara and I came here because Cancer has affected my family in the last 18 months.
My partners sister was first diagnosed with a Malignant Brain Tumor when she was just 28. I remember thinking it was too young but I have since learned that it's common a...Read More
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My name is Tara and I came here because Cancer has affected my family in the last 18 months.
My partners sister was first diagnosed with a Malignant Brain Tumor when she was just 28. I remember thinking it was too young but I have since learned that it's common a...Read More
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