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I am hoping someone out there can help my wife and I. We are very stressed about a refusal by an insurance company to payout on a critical illness claim. It's a long story but I will try to summarise: 2020 my wife and I took out separate critical...
How do I go about finding a suitable professional to help with ongoing anxiety and depression following on from a year or more of diagnosis, operation and various treatments? Talking Changes has long waiting times and 5 months since I completed with them...
My husband is on the third cancer pathway of the summer. It's a living nightmare. Bladder cancer now ruled out. Chest/ling cancer ruled out. Bowel cancer ruled out. The urology CT scan showed lesions in his bones - both femoral heads, left hip, pubic...
My employer has started to gather from my gp etc before we meet for a capability discussion. I would like to finish on medical grounds as it may enable me to continue receiving benefits from the insurance. I am still awaiting confirmation of my diagnosis...
My dad was well before two years ago, then suffered a triple A and survived. He then had an infection on the stent following a further 11 hour surgery, and survived again in March. August 2026 - stage 4 lung cancer. As a son of 33 years and very close...
My father in law has been in a residential care home since July. He is immobile and unable to care for himself because he has terminal prostate cancer which spread to his bones and compressed nerves in his spine. He has less than 12 months to live and...
hi i was diagnosed with untreatable lung cancer in june with a short life expectency i asked my daughter to check my lv policy for me and they told her to contact the banckuptcy as i had been made bankrupt 3ys ago(not my fault but a close family member...
Good morning. My 63 yr old husband has recently been diagnosed with Oesophagal Cancer. He is awaiting a PETSCAN to check whether its spread elsewhere before any surgery and treatment can begin. He is employed is is receiving statutory sick pay from his...
Im contacting on behalf of my mother who has bowel cancer (not curable) shes just had a stoma op and is due to come home from hospital in the next few days. She is the rock of our family and has always managed our limited budget. Not ashamed to admit...
I’d really appreciate your thoughts on a recent experience. I’ve done voluntary work for Oxfam Books for more than five years - nothing strenuous, mostly shelf-filling and customer service. I shared with my manager my recent diagnosis of breast cancer...
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