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  • Forum Post: Advanced Stomach Cancer and Palliative care

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Hi My dad has advanced stomach cancer with mets to the liver and lymphnodes diagnosed in August 2011. He was near the end of his second round of chemo (he had 6 cycles of HCX first time round in 2011/12 and then he was in middle of cycle 5 of 6 of EOX) and he suffered a major bleed. He has been...

  • Forum Post: Mum with Severe depression after cancer diagnosis

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    Posted 2 months ago
    I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced a relative suffer severe depression due to a cancer diagnosis, and if so, is it possible to ever get them back? My family and my life have been turned upside down since last October when my mum was diagnosed with lung cancer totally out of the blue...

  • Forum Post: New to cancer - where do carers get support?

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    Posted 2 months ago
    My husband was recently diagnosed with metastatic malignant melanoma stage 3 unknown primary. He has had his lymph nodes removed from his left armpit and as yet has no further sign of disease. It was two months since his last op. We have no medical adjuvant therapy to follow, however, we are tyring...

  • Blog Post: So, is it really harder???

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    Posted 2 months ago
    I am writing this in response to the many comments, both on this website and also out there in the big, bad world, that the 2 nd year is actually harder than the 1 st . As someone who is now bumbling my way through the 2 nd year of bereavement, I hope my “insider’s perspective”...

  • Forum Post: Lost my Mum (56 years old)

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Hello. This is my first post here. I suppose I should have used this sooner, seeing as my Mum had (god, it's weird using past tense) initially been diagnosed with breast cancer in December '11. She recovered, clear, with chemo and radio. Then, four days after the death of her own mother, the...

  • Forum Post: Re: Don't know why i bother.

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    Posted 2 months ago
    I have been on the Alzheimer's society website and while it gives a lot of advice about dementia, there is little I can find out about how to deal with it with regards to someone who is confined to bed. Unfortunately the anuerisms on her brain also affect her sight so find a distraction is limited...

  • Forum Post: Partner has AML, bone marrow transplant on hold, fifth cycle of chemo..

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Hi everyone, I was hoping some one out there might share their experiences with me or if anyone has some general thoughts and advice? My fiance was diagnosed with AML back in August 2012. He went into remission after his second course of chemotherapy which was amazing news but he was told a third...

  • Forum Post: Re: mum didn't make it, what help is there?

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Hi Kit, my mum died in November as well. Its been a struggle sometimes. Try Cruse Bereavement 0844 4779400. i have signed up with them and went to a drop in and found it useful chatting. Has the doctor diagnosed you with depression and if so has he offered anti depressents? My understanding is...

  • Forum Post: Throat cancer

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Hi, I'm new to this and I'm just wanting to see if anyone's going through similar to me. My mums had cancer once and it's came back in the same place (throat cancer) but on the tonsil, and has been told the tumour will need to be removed externally which will leave a hole, resulting in...

  • Forum Post: Re: Juggling!

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    Posted 3 months ago
    I really hope so and wish you all the best of luck. Take care.

  • Forum Post: feeling useless

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    Posted 4 months ago
    Hi guys im new to the site so a bit lost at mo, my partner is 48 and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August after having problems eating. He had tail of pancreas removed in November and they also removed spleen as it was in way. During op they noticed lymph nodes were affected so removed 21 and...

  • Forum Post: Re: Really, really struggling.

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    Posted 4 months ago
    Hi there. It really is tough. My mum died 22November and its hard in terms of help have you spoken with the hospice and or Macmillan. They were both great in helping me. You might want to consider dropping a note to your brother explaining you need help. It would be great if he offered but doesn't...

  • Forum Post: Thank you. Now I don't feel so alone

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    Posted 4 months ago
    May I just thank everyone in this group for all they have shared.Through reading your discussions and asking my own questions I am slowly realising that I am not alone as I witness my Dad's suffering from this cruel, horrible disease and feel so helpless, It is really helping me to know that I am...

  • Forum Post: Re: just found out my mum has ovarian cancer stage 3a ;(

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    Posted 4 months ago
    Hi Rikki, I contacted McMillan when my mum was released home after being diagnosed at the hospital. Whatever your mums situation I think having the McMillan nurse will be great support for you all. Make sure you know who to contact for advice yourself and the helpline is good to discuss concerns. Take...

  • Blog Post: so little time...so much change

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    Posted 6 months ago
    It was only two and a half months ago that I turned 39. My birthday "bash" was great. Cancer was pretty much put to one side, and we all partied like it was 1999, haha. Photos of john and his brothers and me and my ex-workmates. Everyone looked so cheerful and we all really enjoyd each others'...

  • Blog Post: Out Of The Blue

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    Posted 8 months ago
    On Sunday 2 September I braced myself for grief. From a few days before I knew what was coming. Six months since he took his final breath. I lit all his candles, and I kneeled down in front of my photos, ‘the shrine’ to him. I was sad. As I spoke to him I shed a tear. But I didn’t...

  • Blog Post: notes for today

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    Posted 8 months ago
    So the past few weeks have been hectic and eventful. So many extraneous things going on in the family, i.e., legal issues with visitation for ex's parents with the children; family visiting from Los Angeles; new splint issues for poor little Emmie, which included having to buy a pushchair on the...

  • Blog Post: Mother Dearest

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    Posted 8 months ago
    I am a daddy’s girl; his little princess and mini-me. My mum knows this, and over the last 18 months she has watched as my world shattered around me; as I dedicated my every moment to care for him, and then my every tear as I grieved the loss of my first true love. My parents seperated when...

  • Blog Post: Rainbows and Angels and Shooting Stars?

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    Posted 8 months ago
    On 12 November 1986 I laid eyes on my first love. On 1 March 1986, nine months earlier I had been at his wedding. I was nothing more than the size of a peanut; just starting to grow the fingers that I would wrap around his, and the lips that would kiss him so lovingly for the next 25 years were just...

  • Blog Post: settling in

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    Posted 9 months ago
    Depression is starting to rer its ugly head in a noticable way. I find I'm quite detached from the family in general, despite being with them 24/7. Everything irritates me. I don't want to go anywhere or get anything done. I'm eating like I don't know what. I want to cry but I feel like...

  • Blog Post: Worried about my wifes ability to cope with her Mums Cancer

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    Posted 9 months ago
    Hi, I am new to this blog so forgive me for my question. My mother-in-law has just been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It has been a huge shock to everyone but my wife is having difficulty in dealing with the shock. I feel helpless and have tried to ease her mind. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas...

  • Blog Post: hell day

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    Posted 9 months ago
    So Monday was spent all day preparing for and travelling to a court hearing that happened Tuesday. That's all a long story in itself, but boiled down it is extra stress that's just added to the already tangible strain on the family. John's parents looked after the little ones, with help from...

  • Blog Post: Lazy Sunday mornings are a blessing

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    Posted 10 months ago
    Thank goodness for lazy Sunday. Even with the new knowledge this morning that yet another family member is plagued with something horrible, I feel easier today. Maybe it's my refusal to do any housework; maybe my refusal to get dressed properly; or maybe the kids' enjoyment of the weekly "American...

  • Blog Post: The Rainbow

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    03 March 2012 On his first day of testing out his new magic powers he sent me a shooting star. 04 March 2012 Every day since I have seen a rainbow. For the first few days it appeared on the carpet outside my bedroom, reflecting off a nearby mirror. I began to fear the day I didn't...

  • Blog Post: There Is Something Wrong With The Tree

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    02 March 2012 A story shared between a father and a daughter. A story for the past. For the present. And for the future. As a young girl he read The Magic Faraway Tree stories to me at bedtime. As a mother I hope to share these with my own children. But first I want to reshare them with my father...

  • Blog Post: Lost but not forgotten

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    One thing you do not get told and is not featured in any booklets you are given when you are diagnosed with cancer is that you will meet wonderful people who wont make it. I don't think I will ever get used to that. Sometimes you might only speak to these people via the internet, over the phone...
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