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Facing end of life
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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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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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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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I have no family or friends for support.My brother who i helped support him when he had prostrate cancer and he had tumour successfully removed told me during an argument ....your gunna die in misery and pain. Just his way of helping....kill me.There is no cure for...Read More
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Hi my husband has been battling stage 4 mantle b cell lymphoma for 8 months now. All chemo has failed and been told his cancer is terminal and only a few months to live. We both are devasted. We are so lost.
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Hi all! Delighted to have discovered this community today, and I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me. My Mum, who is 46, was diagnosed with terminal stage 4 breast cancer about 18 months ago. It's in her breast (she had breast cancer previously and had a ...Read More
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HiI was diagnosed with both Hodgkin and Non-Hodgekin Lymphoma in 2009. I received ABVD treatment in 2009 and an Autologus Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) in 2012. I handled ABVD well, continue to work with minimal disruption. BMT knocked me around a bit, and I had ...Read More
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