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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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Hi My name is Wendy in Novemeber 2010 my husband was diagnosed with tongue and neck cancer he went through 8 weeks of radiation and chemo. We then waited the obligatory 3 months for the scan to advise if the cancer was gone then told that yes it had gone in the ne...Read More
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I remember reading a story that someone wrote in one of these forums. It was called Your not welcome Cancer or something similar. I would love to read it again but despite all my searching I can not find it.
Has anyone else read it or know what forum its in so I ca...Read More
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I am 34 years old and my boyfriend of 6 months was diagnosed with prostate cancer about 6 weeks ago. He is 37. During this time he has basically stopped all communication with me, his last communication being a text message saying that he had to focus all his ene...Read More
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My friends in so much pain from his loss, I am lost as to what i can do.. we live so far away and I can't comfort him with a hug.
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My friends in so much pain from his loss, I am lost as to what i can do.. we live so far away and I can't comfort him with a hug.
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My Beautiful Fiancee has Perotid Cancer, this is a very tough time for both of us as it was a very fast growiing aggressive cancer that started as a small lump next to his ear and in 3 weeks became 2 large walnut size lumps.. we argued because he didn't think it wa...Read More
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My husband has been battling head and neck cancer for the past 4 years which has metastisised to the lungs. His last CAT scan shows a huge increase in a tumor in the right lung and his prognosis is now down to months. I would like to talk to someone going through...Read More
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I am looking to move my mother from Fremantle WA to Orange NSW to continue treatment with better family support. Just wondering if anyone here has done somthing similar and if anyone knows of any doctors in Orange to whom I can contact to discuss transfer proc...Read More
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Hi I'm a new member and not sure what to do. I lost my husband who was 40 from Melanoma early in January. 6 months on it is still hard to believe that it is real and some days I wish he wold come home even though I know it's not possible. I'm doing ok most of the t...Read More
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Hi. My father has Cholangiolocarcinoma, which is a very rare form of liver cancer. The cancer has now spread and he now also has bone cancer. My Dad was first diagnosed in November, 2010.
My mother died two months ago unexpectantly in her sleep and my father no...Read More
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