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Lung cancer and loss

My mum has lung cancer and se ondaries in 3 places. I am sick of people telling me "well, you’re at that age where parents will die" just because im 48, doesn’t make it any easier to live with!!!!

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Hello, I am deeply saddened to see howmany people are fighting this horrid disease. I am reaching out on this forum as my father was diagnosed with recurrent bowel cancer in 2017 which spread to his liver mid last year. Liver ablation was unsuccessful and resectio...Read More

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My Mum is dying

2 1/2 years ago my Mum was diagnosed with mesothelioma, so we knew from the start it was terminal cancer, knowledge which is both a blessing and a curse. Early this year they decided she had ran out of treatment options and was handed over to palative care. Having ...Read More

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Losing my dad

My dad passed away on the 26 May 2018. He had brain tumours. He battled this for over two years, he was in so much pain. I am 42 years old. I miss him terribly. I have lost faith in everything. When he was dying I thought that there would be signs he was around whe...Read More

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Loss of my best mate

Hi my father passed away 2 months ago today from colon cancer and today is also his birthday. I was his full time carer for the last 4 months of his life so he could stay at home in his own surroundings where he was comfortable. This disease is horrendous on suffer...Read More

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My brother just passed.

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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After eight years of struggles her finally succumbed to the lung cancer

Hi. My name is Peter. My wife Belinda passed away just over three months ago. I have been very up and down over that time, and my friends and family have been of great support. I have also seen professionals for support. In the end, though, I feel very alone on thi...Read More

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My Dad passed away before I graduated law school

Hi everyone. My dad passed away on December 23, 2018. An agressive form of myeloma took his life at the age of 57. It only took the cancer 6 months. I was entering my final year of law school when I learned that my dad had cancer. During the months that he was ill,...Read More

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Final curtin.

Barbara is very low at this time, she made the effort on Sunday to have local visitors and spent some time calling distant family but lack of energy finally beat her, as she wanted to chat to you, unfortunately this will never happen, as communication has all but ...Read More

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My story, my advice.

Hello All, I would never usually do this but I feel that it's essential for future individuals, who may find this post, to perhaps learn something from my personal experience. This story, this information? Was received, experienced and learnt from my time fighting ...Read More

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