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Coping with a loved one's cancer

New here, my mum has bladder cancer

Hi, I'm Kate in Vic. It's almost 4.30am and yet another night without sleep since we found out my mum has bladder cancer. She went into hospital Wednesday for surgery Thursday on a suspected GYN-mass, and the first part of the op was to put a stent in her left u...Read More

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how do I deal with the friend I am caring for when he goes on a rampage ?

My friend has had liver cancer for six months and was told he wasnt expected to live past a year < He has resumed drinking excessively to the point of passing out .... during his binges and for up to three days after he becomes viscous , abussive and nasty and it i...Read More

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Pancreatic Cancer

Hi everyone My father passed away in 2005 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just four weeks previously. For those of you who have had experience of PC, either as a sufferer, survivor or carer, you will know what a cruel cancer it is. There has been v...Read More

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My Dad, so scared

Hi everyone My darling Dad has lung and prostate cancer. He had radiotherapy for the prostate cancer and his PSA is right down so all is well there, thank goodness. He had half of his left lung removed in February 09. The lung cancer has now returned, he's been...Read More

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My mother is so depressed.

Hi all, I posted a long introduction yesterday so you can read my story there. But just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how I can help my mother. She is extremely depressed since she found out that she is now terminal, which is totally understandable....Read More

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How much info should be given to children?

Hi there, I am currently struggling with knowing what and how much information I should be giving to my kids (18, 16, 12) and letting them see. My ex - their father - has cancer and is currently undergoing chemo. They see him each 2nd weekend and are what I would c...Read More

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What next??!!

Hi all, am new to this site/forum, but am a member of OCF in the States. Don't have many facebook friends, most of them are also members of OCF, and at least 1/2 doz are from Australia.....lotsa love & support there. My husband was diagnosed in March 2009 with ...Read More

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Only a month?

My wife passed away 18th dec last year after fighting bowel cancer for 12 months (she was 38 with no family history). Still bewildered at the experience, just how busy things were over the last few months, and how quiet things are now, well apart from our nearly f...Read More

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Hurting :-(

Its hard hearing your stories, i sit here with tears in my eyes at the grief and loss you have or are going through. And whilst i am lucky enough to still have my 56 year old mother here with me after surviving two cancers i feel i am also mourning; my mother has...Read More

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Please help - I think the end is near for my dad

Hi there, I wasnt sure which forum to post this in :( Its mainly addressed at pepole who have lost loved ones to cancer. My dad is near the end of his journey, and my mum told me that today when she went home, he told her he felt "weird" but couldnt actually descr...Read More

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