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Confused about Hospices

I am told that if you register with a Hospice when you start chemo you will be on their register and therefore guaranteed a place should you need it in future. Has anyone else done or heard of this

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Confused about Hospices over 13 years ago
Blog 2

Still wondering what happened to my first blog...

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I killed you in my mind today over 13 years ago
Mum - metastasis, we'll never know where it started

Mum had nodules in lungs, which started investigations. Cancer was in Mums left thigh and peritoneum- "abdomen" + spread (metastases) to Mums brain - 4 areas on brain. We'll never know, they say, where it started. Metastic lung cancer on dea

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Lost my Mum 4 weeks ago. We are all lost. over 13 years ago
Positivity or madness?

pleased with myself but so knackered...

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Positivity or madness? over 13 years ago
The nightmare begins

week 3

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Mum over 13 years ago
new to this

Mum is dying of kidney cancer. How I cope and support her and what is ahead. No treatment options just palliative care.

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what do I do now? over 13 years ago
Lost dad to prostate cancer now mum has pancreatic cancer

Blog about losing one parent to cancer and finding out another has pancreatic cancer spread to liver and possibly the lungs.

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Selfish over 13 years ago
Pissed with Mac and The Site inGeneral

See above !!

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See Above over 13 years ago

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