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My younger brother just passed away from stage 4 colon cancer that spread to his liver. He was a bloody amazing bloke, super fit and didn't deserve this. He battled through testicel cancer also, at 19 years old that spread and nearly killed him. Im not one to use ...Read More
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In 2006 my grandmother passed away aged 68 from multiple myeloma after fighting for 5 years. Now there are better treatment options, that she unfortunately missed out on. In dec 2022 her son (my dad) was diagnosed with aggressive pancreatic cancer. He is only 62 an...Read More
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In 2016, my mother passed away at 62, peacefully in palliative care at home. I was 21 at the time. Partying, coping in my own way, I distanced myself from the suffering, my other family members with experience and nursing, religion and care that was overwhelming, ...Read More
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2016 I was diagnosed with Nodular Melanoma stage 3b. Skin graft and WLE to top of my head.2017 33 nodules removed from side of neck, was in 1.2017-2018 Blind Immunotherapy Trial....lots of side effectsEnd 2018 pneumonitis, then PE in lungs, then given Clexane inje...Read More
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Wife passed on 1/10/23. Got pneumonia. She had stage 4 lung cancer to the bones. We fought for a year. Nodule found it 2018. Bad doctor keep saying oh we ct it every year. They hardly ever turn to cancer. So 18/18/20 was not cancer. Then in 21 orders biopsy. Now ...Read More
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Hi everyone, Lately I have been feeling weighted down by a feeling of guilt that I am struggling to understand and even properly identify. My mother died of cancer 8 years ago now and ever since then I’ve had this feeling of guilt related to my father. It comes and...Read More
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My wife passed away on June 7th, since then I have pretty much been driving myself crazy. To sum it up I really just didn’t want to live any more (I am not suicidal) just having a hard time finding a reason to go on. Our house is quite cluttered; we’ve lived here f...Read More
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My eldest brother was diagnosed late 2019, and passed mid 2020. It still doesn’t feel real and I don’t think it ever will. My family was unable to hold a funeral for him as this was during covid. Our family has never been the same since this happened, and every yea...Read More
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I am so lost i miss my wife so much she was my sole-mate, the person i loved so much, we were supposed to grow old together and do the things you do together, she completed my existence on this world and now she has gone.i have such a dark hole to climb out off n...Read More
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My wife (49) died of cancer three weeks ago. The end of her life came very quickly after a a 20 month battle with stage 4 bowel cancer. I have a 14 year old son. The depth of my grief has surprised me. I thought that I had been preparing for her death, however, the...Read More
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