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Grief and loss

This is not how my life was supposed to be!

Hi my name is Janelle, i am 46 years old. In April i lost the love of my life to Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma. We have three beautiful children, 19, 16 & 13 who now have to travel through life without their Dad. If one more person tells me I have to find a new kind ...Read More

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How to deal with the anger in grief

I lost my 36 year old son to Melanoma B-raf gene mutation 8 weeks ago ...i want to connect to other Mums ..It was a terrible journey to watch my beautiful son suffer so much...He was a healthy man who jogged daily..never smoked.only drank socially, loved his job, ...Read More

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The fight

Where to begin! My husband fought lung cancer with everything, Although it had been 2 years from diagnosis, we never thought for a second that our time was up, he was still having chemo. He had been unwell like many other times during treatment, and after a trip t...Read More

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Coping with grief

It’s 18 days since my wonderful dad passed away and it’s 18 days of crying every single day, 18 days of remembering what a great man he was.Tomorrow is the funeral and I’m feeling exactly how he did the night he died.I feel lost, can’t stop crying and the sadness i...Read More

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Sudden loss of a parent

My dad was diagnosed with bowel and liver cancer a week ago and two days later he passed away.Although he passed away peacefully and with loved ones at times I’m struggling to cope.My emotions vary from been sad, angry,continuously thinking about how sudden he died...Read More

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Grief and resolution

My partner died 28Nov2012 from Glioblastoma Multiforme (grade 4 brain cancer). When diagnosed, we agreed not to ask "why?" nor "why us?" nor "this isn't fair." We saw it as a wastge of time and energy when we only had maybe 12months. Hi treatments were not very ...Read More

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Recently bereaved

Hi, my husband of 12 years has recently passed away. He had been battling cancer for almost one year. We have a 9 year old son. I am going ok mostly but I am struggling somewhat. I feel like am all alone. I have no family where I live. I do have inlaws but its not ...Read More

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For all of us who need support

I lost my uncle and grandma due to cancer and it sucked to had my loved ones lost to a teribble disease im just sharing what has help me thru it and just the struggles of life alone try seek spiritual help, sometimes I feel hopeless and with no purpose of life in ...Read More

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Passing away

My father recently passed away. We briefly left the room and he oassed away alone, i do not believe it was peaceful. I can not get the image out of my head and relive this almost every night. Should i talk to a professional or is this normal?

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loss and grief

The loss of someone in your life that you had contact with every day is really hard to deal with. a couple of months has passed by now and I feel myself trying to convince myself I am dealing with it. But it’s hard to accept that I will never be able to talk to him...Read More

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