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We lost my mother aged 73 to stomach cancer 6 weeks ago. While she was ill, she was publicly shamed by a waitress in a restaurant. Below is the story of how we took cancer shaming to the national press and postumously my mother changed a nationwide policy for futur...Read More
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Our eldest Sister was diagnosed with Stage 3 NHL in May this year. It progressed to stage 4 around a month ago and yesterday we were told there was nothing more that could be done. We lost her this evening. While I totally understand we weren't the first to lose a ...Read More
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Hey everyone,Im new and this is my first post. My grandmother had stage 2 breast cancer 8 years ago and beat it but she is due for her check up to see if she is still in remision so I have not been feeling great. I think everyone can sympathize with the equal feeli...Read More
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I lost my dad to lung cancer 18 years ago. At the time I was pregnant with my first daughter. I was hoping he would be alive when my daughter was born but he died 2 days before she was born. I don’t think I ever grieved properly as I was busy caring for my baby & ...Read More
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Hi there, this is the first time ever for me to do this online i hope i came to the right place im really new at this. So my father died in september 6 2013 ( I was 19 ) he was sick but i was somewhat young and just started university, so i wasn’t really attached o...Read More
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My husband of 12 years died in August this year of pancreatic cancer. It will be 2 months tomorrow. Ours was a very deep love and we cherished and adored each other.I was his carer for 2.5 years as well as working full time until his terminal diagnosis 2 months bef...Read More
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Hello....Im not really sure what to say. I am having a very hard time with the loss of my father on christmas this past december. I do not really ever see or speak to my mother, I live on my own. My brother was very very recently killed in afghanistan while trying ...Read More
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Hi allIm 44 yrs old and last year i lost my husband to cancer. We have a 21 yr old and 17 year old. I have no family near to me and hubbies family are not supportive.A year on and i find its gotten harder to cope with the sadness and harder to be a good mum to my k...Read More
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Hi my name is Janelle, i am 46 years old. In April i lost the love of my life to Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma. We have three beautiful children, 19, 16 & 13 who now have to travel through life without their Dad. If one more person tells me I have to find a new kind ...Read More
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Where to begin! My husband fought lung cancer with everything, Although it had been 2 years from diagnosis, we never thought for a second that our time was up, he was still having chemo. He had been unwell like many other times during treatment, and after a trip t...Read More
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