Hi all - have brought my dad home and we're now on palliative care. Macmillan haven't been in touch yet and the hospital have just said it'll be tomorrow now. I can only give him Metoclopramide, paracetamol and his penicillin, but he was very sick yesterday...
Hello, Firstly hello to all, sending best wishes. Posting about a dear family member, of course understand how everyone is different but wondered if anyone has any experience in this situation. My wonderful father in law was diagnosed with AML a...
With great sadness, I want to share the death of my husband with this community. He was diagnosed in August 2022 with Myelodysplastic Syndrome. For him, there were no treatment options or cure. He managed alright despite this horrible disease and prognosis...
Hi everyone, my dad is currently in hospital and waiting discharge following his first cycle of non-intensive chemo (Azacitidine & Venetoclax combo). He told me on the phone that the haematologists are waiting for one of his blood levels to drop below...
Hi All My dad, who is 72, has just been diagnosed with AML 3 days ago. He went to the doctors a couple of weeks ago and was told it was flu and then got progressively worse to the point where he couldn't stand up last weekend and was being sick even...
Hello My company gives its employees us as a perk an annual donation in our name. I am trying to nominate the MacMillan Support center, but it’s asking for a contact within the organization. can someone help me here?
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My dad had a bone marrow transplant in October, all went well and he has been at home recovering. However his recent bloods have shown his platelets are zero, his neutrophils are 0.1 and he is anaemic again. He had a biopsy today but won’t get the results...
Hi , new here, just finished my first round of chemotherapy. The isolation is killing me as well as the cancer.
Hi everyone, My dad was diagnosed with AML Jan this year (aged 55), he has done 3 rounds of chemo and was supposed to have his stem cell transplant in Aug. This got delayed due to poor recovery after his most intensive course of chemo, he was supposed...
