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Everyone grieves differently. This is a space to share your thoughts about the death of a loved one.
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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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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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Yesterday has got to have been the worse day. We knew it was coming, mum was restless and feeling so unwell. She pushed us away until just before she left this world. She only wanted my dad to be around when she left. I missed her by a maybe 30 minutes. But I spoke...Read More
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I lost my Dad on the 17th of August 2021. It’s been two months now and I’m still a wreck. It comes in waves, but his birthday is coming soon and I know I’m going to be a wreck. I’m 26 about to turn 27 and I feel so lost. There was still so much I needed to learn fr...Read More
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Hi All! My Mum had a long battle with cancer. She was injected with experimental hormones to stop her growing between the ages of 11 & 14 (class action proceeding) which caused many health problems and was the underlying cause of obesity, fertility issues, and brea...Read More
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My mum lost her battle with cancer on 16th Feb, 2022. She was 76 years old.She passed away surrounded by her children, not in pain we were told thanks to morphine, in palliative care in hospital.Her first cancer diagnosis was in 2005 for breast cancer, she had a fu...Read More
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Hi there - I lost my beautiful partner 3 months ago after a quick and cruel battle with brain cancer. He was 32. I am 30 and cared for him at home until the final week.I am based in Sydney and I am seeking community, a grief community in Sydney or maybe a new mate ...Read More
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Hi Everyone Today is 2 weeks that my Dad passed away. He was diagnosed 8 weeks ago, we had no idea at the time that he had cancer, neither did he. His prognosis was 2-6 weeks to live. We (my mum, myself & 3 sisters) took him home and cared for him. The last few da...Read More
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