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Hi I recently lost my father in January to cancer which he fought for 4 and a bit years. We were very close I was the boy he never had but I’m finding it hard not to cry every time I think about him or have the flash back of him laying in bed at the paltive care u...Read More
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My husband died from general skin cancer that he fought valliantly for many many years. When we initially received the terminal diagnosis and throughout his 6 months of palliative radiotherapy he became very withdrawn, angry; pushing me away and raged against all t...Read More
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So, I don’t really know where to start because I haven’t spoken to anyone about the topic or even thought about opening up. No time like the present, right? But please, bare with me. On Christmas Eve my grandmother had a stroke in a nursing home and was taken to h...Read More
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I lost my 36 year old son to Melanoma B-raf gene mutation 8 weeks ago ...i want to connect to other Mums ..It was a terrible journey to watch my beautiful son suffer so much...He was a healthy man who jogged daily..never smoked.only drank socially, loved his job, ...Read More
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To leesnell.I totally understand your pain and anger.. i tend to vent my anger when i am out in public ..i cant tolerate a lot of things that people do or say...The home based pallative care team have kindly allowed me to have regular phone counselling with their ...Read More
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As much people tell me it is going to get easier to deal with I can't see a way forward at the moment. Having days when I can't stop crying and feel so emotionally and physically drained. I find it hard to talk to poeple about it as no matter what they say it's no...Read More
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So my mum lost her battle with pancreatic cancer at 1.44am today, surrounded by her four kids. I am reeling from it. She was ony diagnosed with the cancer in January and 4 months later she is gone. Mum was just tired when we visited her yesterday morning. But then ...Read More
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My husband has recently passed. He had MDS. He was only diagnosed November 2017 after 4 years of testing and 3 bone marrow biopsys. Thinking we had more time, treatment with vidaza started in February this year unfortunately this made everything worse. I was the ca...Read More
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Hi
I am 31 and my mother has been gone for 2 years.
She battled lung cancer for 3 years and heartbreakingly passed on 19/09/2014 at 67 years of age.
The doctor had only given her 12 months and she kept this from us. We only found out at her funeral.
I miss her more...Read More
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its been 2 years since my mum passed away from gallbladder cancer that spread throughout her entire body, we didnt have a close relationship and i grieve for the things that were left unsaid, at no time did she admit she was dying and left us without a word of what...Read More
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