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Young family with brain tumour diagnoses

Hi everyone, I am 28 years old and my 32 year old husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour in December after having a seizure out of nowhere. It is unable to be surgically removed so he has had radiation and is now on chemo. We have an 18 month old son. We li...Read More

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Hi, I'm new here & would like to talk to other carers

Hi my Dad has prostate cancer He has been treated (successfully) since 2003 but just before christmas last year his blood tests showed a significant increase in his PSA level (457)and that the cancer had metastatised. He had a mega dose of radiation (which really ...Read More

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Mum is about to start Chemo

My mum has just been diagonised with breast cancer which has already spread to the bone and liver, she is starting chemo this week. Its full on and accepting what is happening and going to happen is a full on process. I have researched some things already to try an...Read More

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Help needed with BCC please

hi , my concern is nowhere near as bad as some i am reading ,but its a concern none the less ,my husband has BCC which he has had for 6 years that we know of (yes he wouldnt go get it checked)he has been placed on a waiting list as a catergory 1 patient to have it ...Read More

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Hi I'm new,i live with mum she is in the angry stage but she doesn't seem to moving forward

It's so hard , I'm the only one she can talk to and she is angry at everything and telling me she just wishes it was 'all over' cos she doesn't want to go through treatment if shes just gonna die anyway

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Bladder Cancer

Hi All, My mum has recently been diagnosed with Bladder cancer. Can anyone tell me more about a Stomer?

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hi new member here and the partner of a gbm battler

8 months in and I am exhausted and angry and sad

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New Member

Hello, I am new to this site. My husband has bladder cancer, although it has not ever been in his bladder. He has had a kidney removed and now the cancer has gone to his lymph system and is travelling about stopping wherever it wants to. Chemotherapy has been of...Read More

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new to this site

i am new to this site, my mother has metastatic melanoma which has now spread to the brain, the news was devastating and its even harder not knowing what is going to happen, she has several tumours and is being treated with steroids and 10 lots of radiation to make...Read More

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GBM grade 4

My husband ,aged 47 was diagnosed with a GBM grade 4 in April 2010. He awoke with a stiff/sore leg, which progressively became weaker - 36 hours later we received the diagnosis of a brain tumor . He has had surgery, rehabilitation, radiation, chemotherapy & also...Read More

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