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Devastated

Hi, just need some help. On Thursday I was told I had cancer of the spine, has come like a bolt out of the blue. Like so many people I am the gel that holds the family together. I am 57 years old have 2 children in their 30’s and ....

nickym 2 years ago

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Newbie here

Hi there new hereI am a single parent to a 5yo girl, a carer for my Mum and work part time. My mum was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer just over a year ago. She had her Right Kidney, Renal vein, renal gland and 12 lymph nodes removed and started ....

EmzyH 2 years ago

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Paying for palliative care at home

My friend is currently in hospital with diagnosed terminal cancer. He’s been told they are going to discharge him and all he’ll receive from the hospital is a commode and a walking frame. Any equipment, care or home adaptations that are required he’ll have to fund. Surely this is wrong. ....

Bobbie87 2 years ago

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Newbie

Hi,I am new to this group and just wanted to say hello. ....

Flowers 2 years ago

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Lung cancer and dementia

My grandma has recently had a fall, when taken into hospital she was diagnosed with pneumonia and sepsis, following an abnormal result from the chest X-ray she then had a CT scan which revealed a 8cm tumour on her lungs, the specialist would not accept her consent for a camera ....

courtney12 2 years ago

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COPD & Heart issues

My mum who is 43 was diagnosed with COPD 9 years ago and has since been told it has progressed to extensive emphysema and had her lung collapsed, and several infections. In the last two weeks she has had 2 episodes of SVT and it's getting worse each time. They've ....

TorileighA 2 years ago

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Adrenal cancer

Hello : I have Adrenal cancer and I am struggling to accept diagnosis as I was wrongly diagnosed initially. I am having problems with my husband as he refuses to discuss my illness and is behaving like it isn't happening. How do I deal with this? ....

Windmill6 3 years ago

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My dad have given up

hi Im new here and looking for some support / advise. My dad was told 4 years ago he had max 12 months to live. He has esophagus cancer and liver however the liver one is secondary and has to this point never advanced ! he has a PEG feed line. ....

vickyS1983 3 years ago

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Help from Marie Curie - Mum has dementia

Hi, I am new to this forum and am just looking for any advice. My Mum has been given 6-12 months to live due to many life limiting illnesses from heart failure to chronic kidney disease, diabetes and dementia. The dementia was only diagnosed in May this year but following ....

HayleyDate 3 years ago

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Weeks to live

Hi. I have been diagnosed with advanced bladder cancer and now have either abscesses or infected necrotic cancer in my liver. Antibiotics have not worked and 2 weeks ago, I was moved to a hospice and given weeks rather than months to live. I feel weirdly at calm with this. ....

Mandy1971 3 years ago

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