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Facing end of life
How do we talk about death and dying? This is a place to share questions and thoughts about the end of life, including discussions with friends and family, and saying goodbye.
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New to this forum thingy but here goes...Diagnosed 12 years ago with metastatic breast cancer. Had spread to lymph nodes, liver, lungs and bones.Following chemo lung and liver clear but multiple sites in bones remain. Currently on Herceptin and all stable.The last ...Read More
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Hi,This came up in my youtube feed and I thought that it was quite lovely.It's about a young woman who was winning medals at an international level, before her life seemingly comes crashing down around her after a terminal cancer diagnosis.She describes the emotion...Read More
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I was reading the abc online earlier and I was reading this article.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-19/music-therapy-program-brings-joy-to-the-dying/11976120 It's not something that I'm aware of others using.So I thought I'd bring this up as a topic of conversa...Read More
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Hi everyone, This is my first time posting here so please bare with me. My husband has been battling Head and neck cancer for 8 years now. He had surgery, radiation and chemo the first time he was diagnosed with cancer and was told that he was cancer free after t...Read More
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I have been fighting Pancreatic Cancer for 2 years now, I had my spleen removed, my Pancreas and stomach lymph nodes removed, in early December I was advised that the cancer cell they left behind that was .25 of a mm has metastasized into my stomach, kidney and l...Read More
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Hi all. ^^Not a very nice place to write, but I will do my best to explain stuff.I'm diagnosed with "familial adenomatous polyposis". I have about 100-120 polyps, both in stomack and rectum/colon ....I just got out of hospital, and my release paper says that they d...Read More
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Sally Moon - Living With Cancerhttps://youtu.be/7g1FoHqXPWk My family has just lost a great friend following a long fight with cancer. She spent the prime of her life just keeping ahead of the disease. Following her career, the ability to have a family and enjoying...Read More
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I don't really see much discussion around death, but let's face it - it's one commonality to the human condition - inevitably at some stage we all must die. My son's jujitsu teacher died in a motorcycle accident very recently. A young man, in his prime, early 30s....Read More
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It can be confronting to be told you or a loved one have months or weeks to live. If you’re struggling with the news, you might find it helpful to listen to the “Living with Dying” episode of The Thing About Advanced Cancer podcast. In this episode, Julie McCrossin...Read More
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I was given 6 months to live 9 months ago and I have been given chemotherapy then immunotherapy ongoing and now radiation therapy for small cell lung cancer,Two new tumors have metastasized to my chest wall they also have had radiation therapy 5 sessions each I'm i...Read More
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