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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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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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Im 23 yo female studying (to be a police officer). my life feels like its just getting on track an i find out my mum has cervical cancer.
my mum and i dont really get along (a long story) but with how sick she is i feel i have to be involved. my mum starts chemo an...Read More
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Hi - I am new to this site. I am a little lost. My partner passed away in May and from then on things have moved quickly. I have had to plan his memorial, look after our daughter who is 4, find a new home for us and work and grieve.
I cared for him in his last ...Read More
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Mum still here, everyday can be a curse and a blessing...
Geez it makes me angry when these medical "so called" professionals give one a whipping because you missed a prescription. Guess they see it all the time but still what gives them the right - so much anger...Read More
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H E L P !!!!
Desperately need ideas to lift the spirits for a 12 yr old girl whose life is fading very fast.
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My girlfriend's daughter has been fighting brain tumors for over a year now. Only 3 weeks after the last operation the tumors are back. Inope...Read More
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