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Grief and loss

40-y.o. widow looking for people alike

I'm a 40 y.o. window, lost my beloved husband to bowel cancer two months ago, lost my first child (stillborn) 3 weeks after his father. I would have loved to have my own kids.I am lost and looking for people alike to talk.Sometimes family struggles to understand. ...Read More

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Coping with loss and grief

When someone close to you dies, feelings of loss and grief are a natural response. But at times grief can feel intense and overwhelming and it may last longer than you imagined. In two podcast episodes of The Thing About Advanced Cancer, Julie McCrossin talks to ...Read More

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Support Option/real-life and online: Please try

Hi there, you may be able to find more support online if you try meetup.com, do a keyword search and see what pops up? Grief/Bereavement/Grieving/Death Cafes (yes such a thing exists) etc. Or perhaps also start up a group on there for your specific region? Best Wis...Read More

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Widowed

I am new here . And My husband passed away unexpectedly from cancer 3 months ago he was in remission for 6 yrs and my whole life has been turned upside down we were married for 35yrs and my life has been turned upside Down I feel so alone And disorientated I miss h...Read More

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If only the Dr’s told me the truth on survival rate

My father was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in his early 70’s and never smoked. The cancer was lodged in one of his lung and for the 1st year he qualified for a drug medication o keep the cancer from spreading, without needing chemo or radiation. At this stage, we wer...Read More

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Living with an angel

My beautiful partner Stephen passed away due to pancreatic on the 17th of October at 5pm. It has been extremely hard for me. I have only left the house three times since his passing, to go to see the funeral directors, to go to a special place and then to his memor...Read More

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Struggling

I feel lost and sad. It hits me in waves I have this weird sense of normality when I first wake up then the reality sets in and I struggle. My dad lost his battle with lung cancer on the 2nd October 2020 he was diagnosed exactly two months earlier and it was just t...Read More

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I’m a widow

Hi. I’m new to this group. I lost my husband 2 yrs ago with Lung Cancer. It’s kinda hard when you don’t have your family here physically. I have only friends here as my support. I have 2 children. It’s been a roller coaster for me when he passed away. I am hoping j...Read More

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mum died within a month with lung cancer

When my mum rang me and told me that she had just been diagnosed with lung cancer, i wanted to run away. She begged me to come up and be with her but i couldnt as yet. i felt guilt about how i felt and reacted to her telling me. When i did eventually get there i wa...Read More

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Mummy died

I lost my beautiful Mum 2 months ago from bowel cancer.. although Mum was diagnosed 4.5 years ago (stage 4 with metastasise to lung and peritoneal) I never ever allowed myself to to think she would die. 10 weeks before Mum died we were told by her oncologist that s...Read More

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