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Hi, A close family member has a rare cancer (incurable) and is enduring a horrific 18-month battle. I am looking to help connect his wife to anyone she might be able to speak to, who can offer support/listening/ guidance to help her - someone who might...
I have been looking into using my PIP disability allowance to get a Motability car but am wondering what , if any , limitations are placed on one of the nominated drivers , in this case my wife , using the car to travel to her place of work . Is it correct...
Can anyone tell me why the levels of this appear to vary from area to area ? I have had absolutely no support from the MacMillan nurses based as Castle Hill Hospital , in the Hull University Trust ? . I approached them once during my treatment, and they...
My daughter is 39 and has IBC stage 3c. Its been an horrendouse year for her she is single, and lives alone. She has a job, the contract ends on 6 months. Shs is so physically and mentally unwell. And beaten down her employer working 50 + hours week ...
Morning I have received a CT scan on the 8th May and the urology team have told me I have stage 4 Metastatic cancer of my Kidney/Liver. I am awaiting an MRI biopsy scan and then the results from pathology, which is when I will be passed over to the...
Hi, I'm brand new to this forum, and apologies if this has been covered before. My wife has recently been diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, and had surgery to remove part of the colon last month (April 2026). The operation was arranged within a very...
Hi I've been called for jury service, I've asked to be excused as on melanoma surveillance for stage 3a braf, also have had thyroid cancer and a thyroidectomy which affected the parathyroid which im on calcium supplements. These health condition cause...
Hello. I posted on the forum and a kind person suggested I ask the question here as well. I hope that’s ok? BACKGROUND I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in October 2020. Following surgery it was graded pT3N1 M0 R0 mid rectal tumour. I then had 6...
Hi there, I was wondering if any one could advise me - 2 years in to an ocular melanoma diagnosis and treatment - radiotherapy and 4 surgeries, my vision is constantly changing and I can't afford to keep swapping my lenses, has any one received any financial...
I was diagnosed with womb cancer. Had a hysterectomy, followed by 25 sessions radiotherapy plus 2 brachytherapy. This was all between June and October of 2025. I was fine apart from problems with my back which seemed to be caused by lying on a hard surface...
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