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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I am new to start a blog. My husband was diagnosed with advanced aggressive bowel cancer Jan10. The Pain Management reckon he has this cancer for 20 years (it is 120cm long), surgery is not an option. He has 2 lots of chemo on 5fu & folinic acid in Feb but th...Read More
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Hi. My name is Tanya.
My partner was diagnosed in February with T2 muscle invasive bladder cancer - high grade. He was told on Friday that he is scheduled for radical surgery in June to remove his bladder. At the moment he is having a hard time dealing with this n...Read More
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Sometimes I find it hard when I read stories of how much support some people with cancer are receiving from family and friends and others. I read of people who have people really putting themselves out to spend time with them, do housework, come to chemo and appoin...Read More
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I would really appreciate any input that anyone can give me as I am completely lost.
On July 9th this year, my parents will have been married 50yrs. Unfortunately my Dad may not be here in July. But if he is, and I hope he makes it a lot longer than that, I would r...Read More
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Hi I have just found this site and i have been reading some of the posts and i think this site is amazing.
My husband was diagnosed with melanoma in june last year (2009) He found a lump under his arm the day after our son was born. Since then he has had a PET sca...Read More
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Hi,
How long does it take for people to put their first blog on? I have sat here week after week trying to work out what to say and how to ask things.
I am hoping that I could get some good advise on how I can help my dad and find out how he is really feeling.
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Hello im a 21 year old who cares for her mother who has schizophrenia and advanced breast cancer. Just wanted to know if you had any advice how anyone else in this sort of situation deals with it? and how you make their quality of life better more comfortable and f...Read More
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Hello everyone,
If you have read my profile you will have seen that I had uterine cancer 2 years ago. Years ago, my father & grandfather both had bowel cancer, so now I have regular check ups as I have 80% chance of that now. OK, so I can handle that.
My problem...Read More
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I posted here a few weeks ago, telling of my sister in England who had lung cancer. I visited her in October with my son. It was a very meaningful visit.
I returned on 4th January alone. She had deteriorated rapidly and was in hospital. She died on the 18th Janua...Read More
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about 5 weeks ago my mother (82) was to have an operation to remove a tumor from her stomach. Then, only a day before the operation the doctors decided that she was too weak to take the operation and cancelled it. We were told there was nothing they can do and info...Read More
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