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Hi, my dad has pancreatic cancer, untreatable, he's on palliative care, refusing any support from carers or district nurses, we were lucky to be able to get him to hospital st the start of this journey and it took for weight loss, banana yellow skin and...
Hi my name is Kevin I’m wondering if I can chat with someone about how I’m feeling about my upcoming operation,I’ve got really anxious about it, I’m type 2 diabetic and bloods are elevated
please can you help me apply for a toilet card many thanks
I have neuroendocrine tumours i have one in my bowel which cannot be removed I work full time but lately I have become very tired and feeling a bit unwell and I’m worried what would happen if I have to give up work or cut down my hours i have never...
We found out yesterday that my dads cancer has spread & there us no longer anything they can do. My dad is panicking about wills and getting everything sorted. Can anyone advise where we might be able to get help with this please. Abbi
Hi, I had surgery for sinonasal SCC 16 months ago including reconstruction surgery on my face using a free flap from my arm. I am waiting for further surgery to debulk the flap. I am a woman in my early 50s. I am really struggling with the significant...
I’m 25 and my newly wife of two months who is also 25 has been diagnosed with a really aggressive cancer and I was told by her consultant that she is going to pass no matter what they do or try so I should try to prepare for the worst. I’m finding it...
My Partner is in final stages of lung cancer, we have chosen he goes into hospice as and when needed yet his family are opposed to this, the time is coming nearer and they are adamant he must not go in. Its OUR wishes that he does. How do we stand on...
Hi, I had a video appointment with my consultant/surgeon Wednesday 2nd November and he says I don’t need anymore scans etc now, because after my stomach was removed in April (stage 4 signet ring) he took 30 biopsies from lymph nodes and all came back...
Hi, I am new to all of this. Unfortunately my husband has been diagnosed with primary bone dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma on the 20th of this month and today we have been told that the cancer has gone to his lower back, lungs and lymph nodes. We...
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