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Grief and loss

Grieving the loss of my sole mate.

November last I lost my best friend of 32yrs and my loving husband of 27years to oesophageal cancer. His battle was short but hard. 4 months is all we had from diagnosis. His cancer was very aggressive. He wasn't sick at time if diagnosis still working 10hrs a da...Read More

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Support after death.

My husband passed on Thursday last week. He was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer in early November. It had spread to his ribs, spine and sternum. It was very aggressive as there was no sign of it in a ct scan taken six months before. His oncologist tried imm...Read More

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Struggling

On March 1st, it will be 12 months since my mother passed. My family and I are struggling to come to terms with her passing. My father had been told he had heart failure iand was informed that his heart would continue to fail if he wasn’t operated on. So the Oc...Read More

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Struggling with Mum's Passing

Hi everyone, I am sending you all the biggest hugs as we deal with the awfulness that is cancer and what it does to our loved ones.31 December my beautiful Mum was diagnosed with advanced gallbladder cancer. We tried all the treatments she could undergo, but nothin...Read More

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Just diagnosed terminal.

it’s been 48 hours since my 21 year old younger brother was told he has a few months. It was a complete shock. Didn’t see it coming at all. The cancer is so aggressive it is growing and spreading while he was getting treatment. I am so lost. I don’t know what to do...Read More

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24 years old, lost my mom to breast cancer while in nursing school and newly engaged

I don’t even know where to begin...I’ve been going through this on my own for what feels like a very long time and today I’ve decided to reach out to people that can relate to my situation on a level that most of my family and friends will never be able to. I lost ...Read More

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Why.

So it’s been one month since My usband died. My handsome man. Last week I wasn’t feeling very unwell. Found out after my daughter made me go to hospital just to check it wasn’t something serious, I had a mini stroke.spend 2 days in hospital and now feel that maybe ...Read More

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Grief stricken

3 months tonight at 2358 that my beloved partner died.Missing him everyday. My grief seems to be getting worse ........Love you always Goran xxx

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Continution, about myself this time..

Sorry the first post was very long so i wanted to divide it. Im really sorry for those (if anyone) who has to read all this. I try to make it short but its really hard. So here goes.. After my mother had passed away i was shocked, confused, in denial. Everything yo...Read More

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Lost my mom on my birthday this December 2019

My mom hadn’t been feeling well since the end of October 2019. We all went out for Thanksgiving dinner as she wasn’t up to making her usual feast. That was good with us. We’ve gone from a large family just down to her, dad, my daughter and me. During dinner sh...Read More

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