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Hi, my wife has recovered from breast cancer after having a double mastectomy 5 years ago. The problem is that whenever she is I’ll or has a minor ailment e.g. a cold, diarrhoea, or a cough she believes the cancer is back. This makes her very sad...
Hi, my dad , he has got prostate cancer, still waiting for tablets then injections and finally radiotherapy. im support with the things he likes doing ,ringing him up, he seems very tired at moment want to give up on things he loves doing. He only been...
Hello, I had a cancer, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, about 5 years ago. Has been diagnosed after almost 8months of medical exams here in UK and as I didnt know how the outcomes would has been as all doctors here told me is rare and first time they...
I am a teacher in a primary school. A child in my class' parent is in the last few days of life. Do you have any advice about how I can tell my class and advice about how they can support each other?
My mum has terminal cancer. She is just not accepting it. Is there anyone with suggestion as to how I can approach this?
My father has pancreatic cancer and secondary cancer in the liver. He has been on chemo since September 2021. This is no longer working so a new treatment will be tried, this is my father's wish. I am concerned that there no other support for them. No...
Hi, my mum has been diagnosed with a lung cancer that has spread, she is stage 4 and unfortunately it is only treatable :( the timescale is very unclear and I’m unsure on how and what to tell my kids. My son is 9 and is very aware of cancer, I have...
I have been diagnosed with cancer of the uterus I have just had a full hysterectomy to get rid of the Ian fustrated my husband has mental health problems and started drinking I feel very low I was told that when I have my operation which was a week yesterday...
Hi, can you advise if you cover overnight care 7 nights a week?
Hi My husband was diagnosed nearly a year ago and last Wednesday went to st marks in London for his operation it was a long operation nearly 13 hours things seemed to be going well until last nite when the took him back in to the operating room to try...
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