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Hello My children who are 17 and 21 lost their mother last Saturday to lung Cancer. The amazing palliative care team has put in place some bereavement support when they are ready. But I am concerned about my approach to this with my children, how should...
Hi, I have been diagnosed with myeloma and been off work since April. I have found that I get very grumpy and restless. I get angry so.etimes at the slightest things. Is this normal? Andy
Help I'm scared and dont know what to do. Their running test so dont know exactly what dealing with yet. But I know I'm struggling to not give up cause it's all so terrifying...I'm alone except my kids..
Hi can I request Macmillan nurses to come to my mums house - she is so frail and really needs some help and support, she isn’t eating after her radiotherapy and is slowing wasting away
My 88 year old grandmother has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. She is having 6 rounds of chemotherapy, every 3 weeks. She had her first chemo session 2.5 weeks ago and is due her next one this Friday. However, she is not coping. She lives on her own and...
My mum, age 86, has in less than a month gone from being very healthy, being in pain, been admitted to hospital, diagnosed with unknown cancer with numerous metastasises and told she's untreatable (my words) is on painkillers and is being discharged....
Sorry this is long, but here's my story so far I had routine bloods in January, docs phoned 3 days later concerned that something was high, sent a week later for Ultrasound, docs rang with results saying there was something on the kidneys and liver...
Hello . My dad is in hosp and end of life . We are trying to find information for any night support care workers in our area so we can get him home so sorbs his final days .. can you advise if a register is available where we can get any support pls...
I have Stage 3 colon cancer. The tumour was removed in March and I'm currently in my 5th week of Copax Chemo, which is doable but tough. I come from a scientific background and my wife is a physician. The MacMillan Community Forum is a great place for...
I know this is really incredibly trivial context wise but, although it'll be ages before I can go anywhere, I'd love to renew my passport - it ran out during Covid when this thing (squamous cell maxilla in Jan 21 followed by nasal in April 22) kicked...
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