Help? Brother and dad both terminal

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My brother, 51 and dad, 86, have both been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Dads taking it in his stride, acepts it. But brothers having a breakdown and i just dont know how to help him. He thinks he has been written off and cant understand why the hospital wont treat him. This is his third time having head and neck cancer.

  • Hi  and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.

    I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I'm sorry to read that both your dad and brother have been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

    The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the supporting someone with incurable cancer group, which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.

    To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.

    It would be great if you could put something about your dad and brother's diagnoses into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.

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